Summit The Town of Frisco’s new workforce housing apartments at 619 Granite St. (Town of Frisco)
A Front Range contractor accused of stealing from a public project in Summit County says it is being defamed by a mountain town that refuses to cough up the $2.4 million it owes.
MW Golden Constructors in Castle Rock has been around since 1984 and handles a variety of projects along the Front Range and in the mountains. In 2021 and 2022, respectively, it was hired by Breckenridge and Frisco to oversee housing projects for those towns.
In a November lawsuit, the Town of Breckenridge blamed MW Golden for problems at the Block 11 Apartments, which have 27 units spread across three buildings. Namely, those buildings’ heating systems routinely fail and have since the project was completed in 2023.
Then, in February, the Town of Frisco sued MW Golden, accusing it of overbilling while building 22 condos at 619 Granite St. In its response to the lawsuit April 8, MW Golden admitted invoicing $3,000 to enter a town golf tournament but otherwise denied overbilling.
It says that Frisco is the wrongdoer here and is refusing to pay $2.42 million for quality work.
“Plaintiff fabricated unwarranted inspections, failed to approve justified time extensions, verbally approved change orders it later failed to issue — all in bad faith,” the builder claims.
MW Golden is countersuing for breach of contract, bad faith behavior and defamation.
“Plaintiff published its claims in this lawsuit on its YouTube channel,” says the company and its owner, Jason Golden, who is also being sued. “Plaintiff called the defendants frauds, accused them of fraudulent practices and accused them of theft. Plaintiff made these statements knowing they were false, or made the statements with reckless disregard to their falsity.”
In addition to payment of $2.4 million and damages for defamation, MW Golden will also ask Summit County jurors to award it punitive damages. A trial date has not been set.
“It is the town’s policy, on advice from legal counsel, to not provide comment concerning pending litigation,” said Vanessa Agee, a spokeswoman for the Town of Frisco.
Frisco’s lawyers are Chris Carrington and Ben Hudgens at Richards Carrington. MW Golden’s lawyers are Curtis Henry, Edmon Garibyan and Noel Trowbridge at Miller & Law.
Meanwhile, the project at 619 Granite St. was recently completed. Half of the condos are for workforce housing, the other half for Colorado Department of Transportation workers.
“We are actually moving tenants into those units now, the 11 units that the town owns,” Town Manager Tom Fisher said March 14. “CDOT is also moving in tenants into the 11 units that they own. So, it should be fairly full and occupied within the next couple of months.”
Summit The Town of Frisco’s new workforce housing apartments at 619 Granite St. (Town of Frisco)
A Front Range contractor accused of stealing from a public project in Summit County says it is being defamed by a mountain town that refuses to cough up the $2.4 million it owes.
MW Golden Constructors in Castle Rock has been around since 1984 and handles a variety of projects along the Front Range and in the mountains. In 2021 and 2022, respectively, it was hired by Breckenridge and Frisco to oversee housing projects for those towns.
In a November lawsuit, the Town of Breckenridge blamed MW Golden for problems at the Block 11 Apartments, which have 27 units spread across three buildings. Namely, those buildings’ heating systems routinely fail and have since the project was completed in 2023.
Then, in February, the Town of Frisco sued MW Golden, accusing it of overbilling while building 22 condos at 619 Granite St. In its response to the lawsuit April 8, MW Golden admitted invoicing $3,000 to enter a town golf tournament but otherwise denied overbilling.
It says that Frisco is the wrongdoer here and is refusing to pay $2.42 million for quality work.
“Plaintiff fabricated unwarranted inspections, failed to approve justified time extensions, verbally approved change orders it later failed to issue — all in bad faith,” the builder claims.
MW Golden is countersuing for breach of contract, bad faith behavior and defamation.
“Plaintiff published its claims in this lawsuit on its YouTube channel,” says the company and its owner, Jason Golden, who is also being sued. “Plaintiff called the defendants frauds, accused them of fraudulent practices and accused them of theft. Plaintiff made these statements knowing they were false, or made the statements with reckless disregard to their falsity.”
In addition to payment of $2.4 million and damages for defamation, MW Golden will also ask Summit County jurors to award it punitive damages. A trial date has not been set.
“It is the town’s policy, on advice from legal counsel, to not provide comment concerning pending litigation,” said Vanessa Agee, a spokeswoman for the Town of Frisco.
Frisco’s lawyers are Chris Carrington and Ben Hudgens at Richards Carrington. MW Golden’s lawyers are Curtis Henry, Edmon Garibyan and Noel Trowbridge at Miller & Law.
Meanwhile, the project at 619 Granite St. was recently completed. Half of the condos are for workforce housing, the other half for Colorado Department of Transportation workers.
“We are actually moving tenants into those units now, the 11 units that the town owns,” Town Manager Tom Fisher said March 14. “CDOT is also moving in tenants into the 11 units that they own. So, it should be fairly full and occupied within the next couple of months.”
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