LoDo

Cyclists tap the brakes on LoDo night rides

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The Wednesday night rides — free for participants — cost the owner $100,000 per summer in security, clean-up, insurance and sanitation expenses.

Startup watch: Blinker parks at new LoDo HQ

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Startup car-buying app Blinker has pulled into its new headquarters in LoDo. The company, which employs around 40, moved in last week to 11,000 square feet at 1675 Larimer Street. Blinker was formerly based in the ANB building in Cherry Creek. You can read a full BusinessDen profile here.

LoDo lures booming Calif. payroll firm

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With more than $17 million in incentives from the city and the state, a young San Francisco company will put up to 1,750 people on its Denver payroll as it launches a second office near Union Station.

European-style hostel opens in LoDo

Chad Fish is about to embark on his first venture in the hotel industry – a LoDo hostel he’s dubbed Hostel Fish. And he’s using Airbnb to help book rooms.