Businesses that lease from The Flyfisher Group accuse the firm and CEO Matthew Burkett of bogus charges and trying to wrest control of their operations.
‘He finds ways to get rid of you’: Five Points tenants battle with billionaire-linked landlord
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Outdoor Retailer trade show slinks back to Utah
With a five-year contract with Denver expiring and the cost of doing business rising in the Mile High City, the trade show is headed back to Salt Lake City, despite the lack of progress there for public lands protections.
Arc’teryx replacing Voicebox Karaoke in RiNo
The Vancouver-based brand closed a Cherry Creek location in January. It will join a stretch in RiNo with Patagonia and Burton.
Denver Mart outdoor gear wholesalers find new home in Lakewood
Some of the 200 tenants displaced when the Adams County facility closed last year landed at a coworking space opened by Denver-based Thrive Workplace.
Denver raft guide invents portable campfire in ammo box
Joshua Thurmond started building LavaBoxes in his garage in 2020. He has sold 4,000 of his Tabletop Vol-CAN-nos and uses a warehouse in Globeville.
Massage and yoga studio flexes by adding location in the Highlands
White Lotus Therapeutics launched in Sloan Lake in 2016 but the business outgrew its space and the owner needs the new spa to “catch the overflow.”
Fitness equipment retailer moving local headquarters to Westminster
Rep Fitness saw its revenue skyrocket during the pandemic, but “there’s a lot of other ways we can grow that don’t rely on COVID,” said a co-founder.
Bankrupt Longmont skateboard company to liquidate
The company operates a skateboard manufacturing business, as well as a skateshop on Weaver Park Road.
Fitness chain Solidcore opens in RiNo, leases location on Platte Street
“We try not to leave a studio alone when we enter a new market,” a company executive said of opening a sister studio in LoHi.
Back for a second year: DenX Retreat at Devil’s Thumb Ranch
Connect with like-minded women and spend time in the high country with our overnight networking event.
