City targets summer opening for new Park Hill park

• The deal involves trading the 155-acre site in the city's Northeast Park Hill neighborhood with a city-owned, 145-acre parcel in Adams County near Denver International Airport.
• Both sites are similarly appraised at roughly $12.8 million.

Context: Once completed, the site will become Denver's fourth-largest park — and a major step toward alleviating long-simmering community tension over its future.

What's next: The land swap is expected to formally close in the fall.

Yes, but: The city will work on a lease with Westside Investment Partners to allow Denver to start operating the park before the deal's official closing, city officials said during a committee meeting last month.