“For the majority of independent restaurants, if not all, this makes zero sense. And all it does is hurt them,” said restaurateur Juan Padro.
High inflation forcing Denver to raise minimum wage 9 percent in January
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West Colfax homeowners displaced by fire sue contractor next door
A husband and wife who fled flames in the middle of the night claim that fencing was not adequate to keep out vagrants who lit the blaze.
Apartment developers pay $20M for hotel, Perkins site at I-25, Colorado
The planned complex will have 300 units and be five stories high, much shorter than the nine stories originally proposed.
City Council considers rezoning for RiNo lots 2 years after denial
Golub & Co. wants to build two apartment buildings on Denargo Street that could be as high as 16 stories and contain up to 800 units.
Denver construction site thefts surge
In the first half of 2022, there were 289 reported incidents of items being stolen. In the same time period in 2021, there were 212.
CDOT sues construction firms over delays finishing C-470 toll lanes
The agency accuses Flatiron | AECOM of “mismanagement and bad-faith misrepresentations.” It isn’t the first lawsuit concerning the toll road expansion.
Denver lawyer loses law license for dealing cocaine
Benjamin Delanghe worked for some of the city’s biggest firms before his indictment in 2020. Now he is suspended from practicing law for three years.
Backyard on Blake developer buys former Curtis Park fire station
Mainspring is just the third owner since it was built in 1928. The seller, nonprofit Women’s Bean Project, is moving to 1300 W. Alameda Ave.
Apartment building planned for last undeveloped lot behind Union Station
Denver-based Focus Property Group, which developed an adjacent hotel, has owned the property for more than a decade.
Ace Eat Serve owner pays $5M for restaurant’s Uptown real estate
The seller was the Denver Housing Authority, which had owned the commercial building since 1982 but never converted it into housing.
