Any close observer of the Denver retail marijuana scene has no doubt noticed the proliferation of chain pot shops at the expense of individual or standalone dispensaries, often referred to as “Mom and Pops.” One reason, according to attorney Nick Richards, is aggressive auditing being conducted at the state and…
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The pockets of marijuana investors are getting deeper as more states warm up to medical and recreational marijuana, and pot entrepreneurs were trying their best to capitalize on the opportunity at the ArcView Investor Pitch Forum — an investment conference for ancillary marijuana businesses held in Denver’s Exdo Event Center…
We recently wrote about Denver’s hottest housing markets and why so many properties are selling for above list price. But the heat isn’t limited to real estate in the metro area. In fact, a slew of markets in Colorado are among the most scorching in the entire country. The source…
Glass is infinitely recyclable, so it’s easy to imagine that the bottles and jars you put out at the curb every week are headed off to be melted down and remade — baby-food jar into baby-food jar, beer bottle into beer bottle, forever and ever, amen. But not in Denver,…
Have you noticed that your cannabis dollar is going further than it did this time last year? According to a new analysis by Convergex, which describes itself as “an agency-focused global brokerage and trading-related-services provider,” you should. Since last June, the report notes, “the average price of an 1/8th ounce of…
Last month, we shared a roster of the ten best U.S. cities for tech jobs — including one city from Colorado. But what are the best places for tech jobs within Colorado? The folks at FindtheBest.com have the answers, with specific data on the nine Colorado counties that placed highest, plus a heat map…
In recent weeks, a number of studies have been released that help explain why housing prices in Colorado are currently so high. One of the latest comes from FindTheBest.com, which set out to track housing prices in American cities today as compared to how much residences cost during the peak…
As we enter summer-vacation season, a lot of us will be jetting off to far-flung destinations. And thanks to the central location of Denver International Airport, we have a lot of carriers from which to choose. But which of them are likeliest to be on-time — and which definitely aren’t?…
Back in 2012, we told you about a bizarre lawsuit filed against Aspen billionaire William Koch — kin to Charles and David, the conservative powerhouses known collectively as the Koch Brothers — by Kirby Martensen, a disgruntled former employee that accused William of kidnapping. Three years later, a federal judge…
Yesterday, ground was broken for the 1144 15th Street building. Hines, the international real-estate firm behind the forty-story, 662,000-square-foot Class A office tower, notes that the completed project will be “the first office building of this height built in nearly three decades, and once completed, will be one of the…
The Glendale landowners who are fighting the city’s authorization of eminent domain say town officials continue to make things difficult for them. The latest? A $11,500 charge for a Colorado Open Records Act request that the Kholghy family says yielded very little useful information. Instead, much of what the city…
A marijuana consumer group protested outside a LivWell location on South Broadway over the weekend, claiming the dispensary chain uses potentially harmful pesticides and doesn’t care about consumer health. But LivWell says those accusations are simply untrue. Up to a dozen members of the Cannabis Consumers Coalition demonstrated outside the…
Last week, we updated our list of the ten Denver neighborhoods with the most-expensive rent for a two-bedroom apartment, based on data from ApartmentList.com. However, the post didn’t address a more fundamental question: Why are rents currently so expensive? ApartmentList.com compiled eight theories in a post about the soaring figures…
Last week, we told you about the battle being waged by Denver pot club Grassroots Colorado, which has been targeted with prosecution by the City of Denver, as well as eviction the business’ attorney traces to pressure officials have placed on its landlord. In the meantime, however, a pot club…
Is this what the future of the Colorado hospitality industry looks like? Hotel rooms that are weed-friendly, equipped with private, cannabis- approved balconies? NATIV Hotel will open this week in the historic, 100-year-old building at 1612 Wazee Street that formerly held the Jet Hotel and, before that, the LoDo Inn…
Earlier this year, we shared a list of the ten most expensive Denver neighborhoods to rent a two-bedroom apartment. The numbers were based on December 2014 figures assembled by ApartmentList.com. Now, ApartmentList.com has crunched a new set of numbers as part of its renter satisfaction survey, which drew upon the…
As we’ve noted in this space, Denver’s housing market is so hot right now that plenty of places are go for way over list price. But how else can you stand out from other house hunters without backing up an armored car to the real estate office? Ben and Cheri,…
When six Denver-based marijuana growing operations had portions of crops quarantined and put under investigation for using harmful pesticides on plants, many marijuana consumers became a little more paranoid about which dispensaries to visit. In documents obtained by the Cannabis Consumers Coalition via the Colorado Open Records Act and sent…
Denver-based Zen Magnets has been barred from selling tiny, colored magnet spheres. A federal judge found that the company broke the law when it repackaged and sold the magnets, which it called Neoballs, because it had purchased them from a company that subsequently agreed to recall its products. The recall…
If you were among those who thought recreational marijuana sales would plateau and perhaps even start to decline by now, you were wrong. Statistics from the Colorado Department of Revenue reveal that in March, the most recent month for which stats are available, pot businesses sold approximately $42.7 million worth of…
Just yesterday, we told you about the awful performance of Frontier in a new federal survey of customer complaints. The firm finished last among thirteen U.S. airlines by a staggering margin. Now, Dave Siegel, CEO of the company, which promotes itself as Denver’s hometown carrier, has resigned. A release from the…
