Author: Mark Samuelson
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In Sunnyside, a new-built ranch mirrors its surroundings
Even six years ago, Denver’s Sunnyside area, north of Highlands, east of Berkeley, was a spot where young buyers could find an entry to homeownership — just as Berkeley was 10 years before that, and Highlands was 10 years before that. Agent Vivian DePaola with Corcoran Perry said the neighborhood has too much going for…
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Looking past holidays, Denver area real estate agents feel a chilly spring
A new report about area home sales is adding weight to evidence that home prices have crested and are finally dropping around Denver, three years after mortgage rates soared and buyers turned sour on the market. Real estate agents are quick to welcome that falloff. And they’re noting that December typically sees sales freeze up…
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Benjamin Moore loft recalls exciting days in Denver’s ballpark neighborhood
Coming into a new year when Denver’s downtown reads like a good-news, bad-news story, homebuyers can tour a 3-bedroom loft this Sunday that’s in an iconic building, in a place that was all the rage during a decade when the Rockies kept winning, and winning. Three blocks from Coors Field where the team would later…
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Apartment giant Greystar settles with Colorado over fraudulent advertising
Greystar, the nation’s largest apartment owner and manager with holdings of more than 100,000 units, has settled a far-reaching suit by the Federal Trade Commission and the State of Colorado over deceptive advertising that conceals hidden rental fees. “Addressing deceptive and hidden fees that trick consumers out of their hard-earned dollars is a top priority…
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Heading into holidays, shoplifting on the rise in Colorado, study says
Shoplifting and other forms of retail crime are seeing a sharp rise as Colorado heads into the holidays, according to a study. After falling from a recent-record 24,975 thefts reported in 2015 to around 18,000 in 2021, Colorado Bureau of Investigation data show a jump to more than 27,000 shoplifting crimes in 2024, according to…
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Study suggests e-scooter accidents are on the rise
Emergency service departments across the Denver area reported treating some 4,400 e-scooter related injuries over the past five years and are seeing those numbers rise, according to a new study released by a Denver law firm. From 2019 to 2024, area emergency departments treated a combined 4,398 “shared-scooter” injuries, with head injuries having been recorded…
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Black Friday special, a loft in downtown’s Riverfront at $735,000
Kentwood agent Libby Levinson-Katz will be serving turkey for 11 Thursday, but she has a Black Friday special to show that sits beside LoDo’s Millennium Bridge — a 3-bedroom loft that’s priced just $100,000 more than it last sold for in 2017. That was after the iconic footbridge was finished that now links downtown to…
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Red Rocks Community College counsels small business entrepreneurs
The Colorado Small Business Development Center is moving its Denver area services to Red Rocks Community College, the school announced earlier this week. Founded in 1987, the SBDC is Colorado’s only nationally accredited, go-to resource for entrepreneurs and business owners, according to the press release. The center offers 14 Service Centers and 25 Satellite Centers…
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Private satellite mission control center is headed for Denver area
Denver is poised to get a state-of-the-art, automated mission control center that can track and operate entire constellations of spaceborne satellites, according to the startup company Quindar, which reports having lined up $18 million in funding for the project. “The old way of operating satellites using human operators is no longer scalable,” Nate Hamet, co-founder…
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Dick Saunders, founder of Saunders Construction, dies at 85
Richard “Dick” Saunders, who founded Englewood-based Saunders Construction, Inc. and led it to become one of the top-five commercial construction firms in Colorado, died on Friday. He was 85. Saunders, who founded the company in his home basement in 1972, had served as its CEO until 2001. He continued until 2020 as chairman of the…