Park Hill Golf Course operator files suit, posing a new complication for discussions about the land’s future

Arcis Golf contends that since-suspended city proposal to buy property triggered its right of first refusal

By Jon Murray | jmurray@denverpost.com | The Denver Post

PUBLISHED: April 27, 2018 at 5:15 pm | UPDATED: April 27, 2018 at 6:23 pm

The company that operates the Park Hill Golf Course filed a lawsuit this week against the private trust that owns it, throwing another wrench into discussions about the future of the 155-acre property in northeast Denver.

Dallas-based operator Arcis Golf contends that a scuttled plan by the city of Denver to buy the land should have triggered Arcis’ contractual right of first refusal to purchase the course itself, according to its lawsuit, filed in Denver District Court. It targets Clayton Early Learning, an education nonprofit that manages the George W. Clayton Trust, which owns the land

The city suspended its plan in November after Arcis notified Clayton that it was still considering whether to renew its lease, which expires at the end of 2018. Arcis has until July to do so, but Clayton has portrayed it as a money-losing venture for the operator.

Arcis’ lawsuit, filed Tuesday, suggests the company wants to purchase the land, and on the same terms that the city proposed.

THE COMPLETE AND ORIGINAL ARTICLE IN THE DENVER POST IS HERE

New documentation has been added 07-11-18.

1. Arcis’s Opposition to Clayton’s Motion to Dismiss

2. Arcis’s Amended Complaint.

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Arcis Golf v. Clayton Early Learning - Response To Motion To Dismiss

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Arcis Golf v. Clayton Early Learning - Amended Complaint

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