Aurora officials have posted closure notices at The Edge at Lowry apartment complex Friday, notifying tenants that they must vacate the complex as soon as possible and no later than 8 a.m. Feb. 18. 

The posted notices are the city’s next steps in closing the five remaining buildings that CBZ Management controls at The Edge at Lowry following a court decision to shut the apartment complex, which draw national attention following reports of violent activities by a Venezuelan gang.

The city also hired a temporary property administrator to assess the property and connect tenants with relocation resources, the city said in a news release on Friday.

“Many of the established tenants have endured a lot already. The compassionate and dignified thing to do is get them out of an unsafe situation and present them with options on a case-by-case basis,” said Paula Forshee of Property Solutions Colorado, the organization the city hired to lead the efforts over the next several weeks.

Forshee’s team is posting closure notices at the complex and is planning to do a census of residents to begin the process of relocating tenants as quickly as possible. 

To apply and qualify for relocation assistance, the tenants will need to connect with Property Solutions Colorado directly and provide their names, contact information and valid government identification, according to the news release. They will also go through a background check. 

The Edge at Lowry will close in February due to “an immediate threat to public safety and welfare if allowed to remain open,” according to the judge’s orders earlier in January.

The announcement brings an end to the complex’s years-long saga with Tren de Aragua, the notorious Venezuelan criminal ring whose activities in the apartment buildings captured the country’s attention over the summer and spurred heated debate over the extent of the gang’s presence in the city.

Aurora City Manager Jason Batchelor said it would be “irresponsible” for the city to allow people to continue living there. 

“We are grateful for our various community partners that are helping us find meaningful solutions for the established tenants as Aurora is not a county and does not have county-level human services functions,” Batchelor said Friday.

Patrol services will be at the complex, while the temporary property administrator works to close it down and relocate people, the release said. 

“The city, including the Aurora Police Department, focuses on enforcing state and local law and does not have a federal immigration function,” the city said in the news release. “State law bars local governments in Colorado from engaging with federal law enforcement entities on immigration-specific enforcement.”