It’s hard now to imagine a time when Denver real estate wasn’t booming — when we weren’t used to the the sounds of jackhammers pounding away at concrete or paying big-city prices in rent. Here are just ten projects in the works in and around Denver. 1. Jeffco Battles Over Proposed…
On Tuesday, January 17, Jeffco’s board of county commissioners will consider a proposed zoning change for a planned 140-acre development on four parcels straddling the four corners of the Alameda and C-470 interchange. The change would allow for a proposed hotel and gas station southeast of the interchange and, on the northwest quadrant, up to four car dealerships, which would surround the Dinosaur Ridge visitor center on three sides. Representatives of the developer, Three Dinos LLC, have described the request as “a minor change” in use for property that’s been zoned for commercial development for nearly a decade. But opponents of the plan say there’s nothing minor about the impacts the development would have on adjoining open-space land, on wildlife, on nearby hiking and biking trails, and on one of the last scenic vistas in the Rooney Valley, which has seen increasing encroachment by highways, the Solterra housing development, a motocross park, Bandimere Speedway and other projects.
SugarSquare will serve as an office building and connect to the historic Sugar Building.
After another surprise visit by the fire department, the RiNo Art District is pushing the city to insure the future of Denver’s DIY spaces.
Oskar Blues is expanding to Colorado Springs with the opening of a new restaurant, music venue and taproom in the historic DeGraff Building at 118 North Tejon Street. The four-story masonry building was constructed in 1897, restored in 1982 and then home to Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom for 33…
A spokesman for Frontier Airlines says that the airline is still investigating the root causes of the carrier’s “meltdown” that led to thousands of passengers experiencing delays or canceled flights over the weekend of December 16. “First, we would like to apologize to our customers whose travel plans were impacted…
For months, people traveling the Platte River Greenway or driving northwest along Speer Boulevard have marveled at the behemoth building rising near Confluence Park, towering over the nearby converted warehouses and Victorian storefronts, wondering when — if ever — it will finally stop. And now it has. The team behind the Confluence,…
With the Maven hotel opening in March, the historic Windsor Dairy Block is poised to become LoDo’s next go-to destination for shopping and dining. The 172-room hotel at 18th and Wazee streets will become the fourth independent hotel in Sage Hospitality’s Denver portfolio, joining the Crawford Hotel at Union Station,…
As usual, Fort Collins’s Pat Stryker appeared on the most recent version of the Forbes 400, an annual list of America’s wealthiest people, and her net worth, estimated in mid-October at $2.6 billion, makes her the fifth-richest Coloradan. And while she personally keeps a low profile, she created a philanthropic…
Arapahoe House, a nonprofit that specializes in drug and alcohol treatment, has decided to stop providing detox services to three major metro-area counties and twenty local hospitals. CEO Mike Butler says this move is being made in part because running a detox program costs far more money than it brings in and involves little actual treatment.
An old barn just outside of Pueblo that appears to be on the verge of collapse has been shored up.
It’s been nearly a week since Frontier Airlines’ meltdown following a Denver snowstorm, and remarkably, ripple effects from the rash of delays and cancellations (and resulting passenger frustration) continue to be felt across the country. Examples? Yesterday morning, the Arizona Republic reported that Frontier had cancelled flights to and from Phoenix’s Sky…
A new report from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals that Colorado is the seventh fastest-growing state in the country, having added 91,726 new residents (or almost 10,000 per month) between July 1, 2015 and July 1, 2016 to bring the overall population to 5,540,545. And as evidenced by traffic on I-25…
More than fifty years after she saved one of the oldest blocks in Denver and created Larimer Square, her first adventure in historic preservation, 85-year-old Dana Crawford is staking claims in two mining towns: Trinidad and Idaho Springs. After five decades in the development business, Crawford was initially reluctant to…
At this writing, the chaos over delayed and cancelled Frontier Airlines flights at Denver International Airport has finally calmed down, after yet another day filled with long lines and misdirected baggage. But passenger anger continues to linger over the way the carrier reacted to a snowstorm that hit Denver this…
For our recent post highlighting the spectacular $18.5 million Telluride property owned by novelist/actress Roxanne Pulitzer and her husband, Tim Boberg, which remains on the market after five years but is being rented this winter for the first time, we spoke to Sotheby’s listing agent Matthew Hintermeister about the challenges…
This morning, the board of directors for Colorado’s Economic Development Commission approved a rebate of $300,000 for Freak Power, a movie about writer Hunter S. Thompson’s gonzo 1970 run for sheriff of Pitkin County to be written and directed by Bobby Kennedy III, grandson of the late Senator Robert F…
Our recent post about the Colorado cities that spend the most and the least on the holidays drew from information compiled by WalletHub — and seasonal budget information only scrapes the surface of its data. When we contacted the folks at the site, they provided us with lots of unpublished facts…
Despite providing a home for Mile High Stadium, among Colorado’s most iconic venues, Sun Valley is Denver’s lowest-income neighborhood according to data shared by the office of the city’s mayor, Michael Hancock. But the area has been targeted for economic transformation. Hancock has announced that Sun Valley will receive one…
More than half of the condos being built in the former El Jebel Shrine in Denver’s Berkeley neighborhood have been sold — and the project won’t be completed until the end of next summer. Renamed Mirador at Tennyson, the building itself, being redeveloped by Confluence Companies, will have 24 condos…
For a country rooted in a rebellion, America’s got no shortage of castles. And some spectacular ones can be yours — including one in Denver. Estately recently compiled a list of the most whimsical American castles for sale right now. Among the classically inspired structures highlighted is a Denver-area property…
The election of Donald Trump and his nomination of marijuana-hating Senator Jeff Sessions as attorney general has raised concern among members of the cannabis community about a crackdown on the pot laws in states such as Colorado. Such worries aren’t without merit. University of Denver law professor Sam Kamin recently outlined…
