In 1996, the City of Aurora and University of Colorado worked together to create a special-purpose entity called the Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority (FRA). The FRA was given a single mission: to imagine and govern the evolution of a historic army medical center into one of the worldﾒs most forward-looking bioscience districts.

In partnership with the University of Colorado, the City of Aurora, The Childrenﾒs Hospital and other public entities, the FRA acquired much of the Fitzsimons site and began to implement an ambitious redevelopment plan.