Reader: Where Should First-Time Homebuyers Go? Out of State!

Alan Prendergast recently discovered that the bungalow in northwest Denver that he’d purchased for $79,000 in 1989 — and sold for double that amount ten years later — had been popped, remodeled (complete with putting green) and put on the market for $975,000. Which led him to ask:  “Where the…

Inside the New 16th Street Mall Private-Sector Security Plan

A new private-sector security plan for the 16th Street Mall, which includes the hiring of guards who’ll be on duty as soon as this afternoon, has just been unveiled by the Downtown Denver Partnership and the Downtown Denver Business Improvement District. It’s the latest effort to address problems at one of the…

Would New Roadway, No Buses Help or Hurt the 16th Street Mall?

Plenty of Denverites are up in arms about the current state of the 16th Street Mall, which they see as a setting for random violent crime and an aggressive, drug-using homeless population that’s keeping visitors away. In the view of Annie Levinsky, executive director of Historic Denver, such factors, which are…

See Denver Neighborhood Changes From Slot Houses, Development Boom

The recently published post Denver Development and Controversial Impact of “Slot Houses” draws upon “Documenting Change in Denver,” part of an analysis being conducted by CU Denver’s Center for Advanced Research and Traditional Architecture. In tracking the building boom in Denver, CARTA director Christine Franck spotlights the West Colfax neighborhood (and a…

Denver Development and Controversial Impact of “Slot Houses”

The topic of development in Denver raises passions among plenty of locals — particularly those who don’t like the looks of many new buildings being erected across the Mile High City. Take the comment of one reader, who likened the structures to 1950s prison complexes. Such reactions are of particular interest…

How Much Space $1,500 Rents You in Denver and Beyond

Since at least 2014, when the owners of the former Hotel VQ began leasing 330 square foot micro-apartments for $900, local renters have complained about the high prices they were paying for small spaces in Denver. Of course, one size doesn’t fit all when it comes to the cost of…

The Ugly Side Effects of Sky-High Rents

When most people think about the high rent prices in the Denver-Boulder area, they tend to focus on how much folks are required to pay each month. But this outlay is only the beginning. High rents impact a range of other issues, including employment, traffic, healthcare and the overall economic…

Tour a Colorado Ghost Town You Can Buy on Craigslist

“Ghost Town for Sale!! $350,000.” That’s the opening pitch of a Craigslist ad for Cabin Creek, Colorado, a collection of buildings off Highway 36 in Adams County, near Byers, about a 45 minute drive to Denver. And while the offer has gotten loads of attention thus far, owner James Johnson admits…

Broncos Won’t Consider Pot Business’s Mile High Stadium Name Bid, Source Says

In May, as we reported, O.penVAPE, a Colorado-based manufacturer of vaporizer devices, cartridges and other marijuana-related products, announced that it had “submitted a proposal to partner with the Metropolitan Football Stadium District, home of the Denver Broncos, to sponsor Denver’s landmark stadium.” The company stressed that “the proposal from O.penVAPE states that…