Is this what the future of the Colorado hospitality industry looks like? Hotel rooms that are weed-friendly, equipped with private, cannabis- approved balconies? NATIV Hotel will open this week in the historic, 100-year-old building at 1612 Wazee Street that formerly held the Jet Hotel and, before that, the LoDo Inn…
Earlier this year, we shared a list of the ten most expensive Denver neighborhoods to rent a two-bedroom apartment. The numbers were based on December 2014 figures assembled by ApartmentList.com. Now, ApartmentList.com has crunched a new set of numbers as part of its renter satisfaction survey, which drew upon the…
As we’ve noted in this space, Denver’s housing market is so hot right now that plenty of places are go for way over list price. But how else can you stand out from other house hunters without backing up an armored car to the real estate office? Ben and Cheri,…
When six Denver-based marijuana growing operations had portions of crops quarantined and put under investigation for using harmful pesticides on plants, many marijuana consumers became a little more paranoid about which dispensaries to visit. In documents obtained by the Cannabis Consumers Coalition via the Colorado Open Records Act and sent…
Denver-based Zen Magnets has been barred from selling tiny, colored magnet spheres. A federal judge found that the company broke the law when it repackaged and sold the magnets, which it called Neoballs, because it had purchased them from a company that subsequently agreed to recall its products. The recall…
If you were among those who thought recreational marijuana sales would plateau and perhaps even start to decline by now, you were wrong. Statistics from the Colorado Department of Revenue reveal that in March, the most recent month for which stats are available, pot businesses sold approximately $42.7 million worth of…
Just yesterday, we told you about the awful performance of Frontier in a new federal survey of customer complaints. The firm finished last among thirteen U.S. airlines by a staggering margin. Now, Dave Siegel, CEO of the company, which promotes itself as Denver’s hometown carrier, has resigned. A release from the…
The Glendale city council on Tuesday night authorized the future use of eminent domain to acquire land within the 42-acre site that the city plans to redevelop into an entertainment district on the banks of Cherry Creek. But after hearing hours of testimony against eminent domain, city councilors added a provision…
In recent years, Frontier, which likes to portray itself as Denver’s hometown airline, has regularly gotten hammered in customer satisfaction reports. Take its brutal finish in the 2014 Airline Quality Rating study. Did the carrier do better in the Air Travel Consumer Report, issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Below,…
Marijuana is legal for adult use in two states and available to medical patients in almost half the country, and legal sales generated over $2 billion in 2014. But a regulated pot industry could unltimately generate $45 billion annually if marijuana is legalized nationally, according to an industry study published…
The owners of Authentic Persian and Oriental Rugs in Glendale say the city misled them about the planned Glendale 180 entertainment district and is now trying to take their land by eminent domain. They are also suing the Glendale Urban Renewal Authority, claiming that it improperly denied their proposal to…
Last year, in a list of the ten most expensive American cities to buy a house, Denver was included — but barely. The Mile High City landed in ninth place. In new data from the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices about the U.S. cities with the fastest-rising home prices, Denver finished higher…
A bill sponsored by a Colorado Congressman that would allow legal marijuana dispensaries access to the federal banking system was re-introduced to the House of Representatives earlier this week. Representatives Ed Perlmutter of Colorado and Denny Heck of Washington re-introduced H.R. 2076- -the Marijuana Business Access to Banking Act of…
These days, folks with technical know-how are sought after pretty much anywhere in these United States. But some communities are tech-job-friendlier than others. The folks at the NerdWallet website have come up with a roster of the ten best U.S. metro areas for tech-job seekers based on factors such as…
Victoria’s Secret has announced the identities of its ten newest “angels” — models who’ll catwalk in the footsteps of women such as Heidi Klum and Tyra Banks. Among those named: Taylor Hill, a nineteen-year-old from Colorado. And not just anywhere in Colorado. Hill was raised near Granby and was discovered…
Former Denver police officer Larry Stevenson has been known as a high-profile employee for the city’s Excise and Licensing Department, a personal friend of Mayor Michael Hancock, the creator of the anti-crime program known as Transportation on Patrol and developer of the Medina Alert system, intended to help catch hit-and-run…
The Zillow.com list of the most expensive streets in America tends to concentrate on communities in a handful of states. For instance, the top ten includes multiple appearances by places in California, Florida and Connecticut. But there’s also a Colorado entry, in a mountain community — and probably not the…
How hot is the real estate market in the Denver area these days? So steamy that buyers are routinely writing offers above the asking price, and often way above it. According to the Denver Metro Association of Realtors, offers of rom $10,000 to $50,000 over list are far from uncommon. “Buyers…
Glendale is proud to announce that it’s going backwards. City officials hope to restore Glendale’s reputation as a social hub with a $175-million dining and entertainment district along Cherry Creek. They unveiled plans Monday for the new development, called Glendale 180. Glendale 180 is slated to include 25 bars and…
Larimer County law enforcement seems to be taking its cues from Nebraska lately. A month after Sheriff Justin Smith headlined a lawsuit aimed at Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, who he alleges violated federal law by passing Amendment 64, his department has decided hemp is a public menace as well. Morris Beegle began…
The Colorado Legislature has passed a bill on to Governor John Hickenlooper that would prohibit use of Electronic Benefit Transfer cards at ATMs at dispensaries and srip clubs. Introduced by Republican Senator Vicki Marble on January 14, the bill was given bipartisan approval on Tuesday in the Senate, as amended in…
The Denver City Council approved a plant limitation on non-licensed marijuana grows Monday night that could force many cultivating operations within city limits to shut down. A 36-plant limit in non-residential zone lots was approved 11-0— meaning any recreational co-op or medical marijuana caregiver over the mark will have to…
