Angry neighbors around Highlands Square finally got a glimpse of what a pair of five-story apartment buildings proposed by RedPeak Properties will look like – and the renderings didn’t make them any happier.

Many residents around West 32nd Avenue and Lowell Boulevard oppose the development because they believe the buildings would have a detrimental effect on the character of the neighborhood. RedPeak has been meeting with those neighbors, Denver City Councilwoman Susan Shepherd and others to help alleviate concerns. “RedPeak Properties never intended to create controversy or a confrontation with the neighborhood when it began the redevelopment of this site,” said RedPeak CEO Mike Zoellner in a press release.

Shepherd, who sent a letter to Zoellner two weeks ago asking him to consider reducing the size of the buildings, told Westword’s Kyle Garratt that she was encouraged by the way RedPeak is “evaluating and seriously considering lowering the height” of one building. But Laura Goode, founder of the No High Rises group, which opposes the buildings, was less impressed. “Despite the clear, widespread message our community has sent, RedPeak Properties regrettably has insisted on proceeding with a project that... is inappropriate for its location and is based on a flawed zoning change,” she said. “The whole thing is a farce, and it is a PR attempt by RedPeak to make themselves look good and it’s not going to work.”

Shepherd remains hazy on what her next step will be. But her perceived lack of action has angered some of her constituents, two of whom showed up at her house last Monday night to discuss the project. The discussion, as was widely reported, quickly devolved into a shouting match.

Shepherd shared her account of the argument on the Latest Word blog at westword. Com, saying the two women berated her in front of her family. At that point, she and her husband shouted at the women to leave until they did.

One of the women, Ellen M., who asks that her full last name not be used, tells a different story. “It was mentioned that since many neighbors are concerned about the lack of communication and results from her office, that she may want to be aware that a recall petition is in the works as people are deeply frustrated,” she wrote in an e-mail. “At the moment those words came out, she leapt off the couch toward us. She was pointing her finger inches from my face and yelling, ‘How dare you threaten me with a recall!’ My neighbor got up. As my neighbor got up to leave and I followed, Susan grabbed my arms and repeated yelling again, ‘How dare you threaten me with a recall,’ still inches from my face. I broke free and went out the door.”

This story originally appeared on the Latest Word blog; for updates, go to latestwordblog.com.