Vail Corp. loses condemnation case despite Vail’s ‘abusive tactics’

BROOMFIELD and EAGLE — Vail Corp. has lost in Eagle County District Court its effort to fight the condemnation of 23.3 acres of property that it had hoped — and at one time received town of Vail permission — to develop into workforce housing.

Delays brought about by the Broomfield corporation’s pandemic response, the town of Vail’s “arguably abusive negotiation tactics,” and a change in the makeup of the town council all resulted in a change from town authorization to proceed with construction to an effort to condemn the property for use as habitat for the S2 herd of bighorn sheep,…