Fitzsimons Neighborhood Guide

Fitzsimons has quietly become one of the most purposeful neighborhoods in the Denver metro, built around the Anschutz Medical Campus and a sprawling medical research district that continues to expand year over year. The area sits between Colfax Avenue and Montview Boulevard, centered on a campus that draws medical students, researchers, and hospital staff who often live close enough to bike or walk to work. That proximity to a major employment hub gives Fitzsimons a rare quality in Aurora: genuine walkability, functional sidewalks, and easy access to Colfax transit lines for commutes into Denver. The tradeoff is a neighborhood still very much under construction, where cranes and early-morning work crews are a permanent part of the backdrop. For those tied to the medical campus, it offers a practical, connected place to land without the commute that defines much of the surrounding suburbs.