Author: Mark Samuelson Special to The Denver Gazette
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Jury awards millions to Glendale tenants for violations of state’s habitability law
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A Denver jury has awarded upwards of $13 million to tenants of a Glendale apartment, in what attorneys call a landmark case to enforce Colorado’s rental habitability law after what were described as monumental infractions by landlords. Advertising for Mint Urban Infinity apartments at 1251 S. Bellaire Street describes its offerings as “the best of…
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Metro Denver congregation uses Oct. 7 anniversary for outreach
Senior Rabbi Avraham Mintz helps launch Colorado Torah Institute aimed at next generation and non-Jews.
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Metro Denver real estate agents strive to interpret NAR settlement
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Spring typically marks high tide for the residential real estate market, according to Colorado agents. And this spring — with a low inventory of homes available to meet buyer demand — is no exception. Right now, brokers working that market are experiencing some added anxiety as they struggle to interpret a $418 million settlement by the…
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Vision Collision: Cherry Creek ponders over super-sized project
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Denver’s Cherry Creek neighborhood, with a shopping district that was once known for its quirky charms, has gone through a remarkable run of commercial and residential building projects over the past two decades, with more to come. And that has residents worried. A few decades ago, the small area’s boutiques, bistros and galleries were wrapped…
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Cherry picking: Cherry Creek draws employers from Denver downtown
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In a year when downtown Denver office vacancy rates have staggered upward past 30% and with only a single new downtown office project in the pipeline, area commercial developers and brokers should be in a grim mood. But they’re not and Cherry Creek is much of the reason why. “It’s a hot place to be…
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Denver realtors feeling a warming trend in new year home market
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In early January when the weather is running cold and dreary, real estate agents are sensing a puff of warm air in Denver’s housing market. That’s following a year when rising interest rates, high prices and low inventory had chilled home sales. In its January Market Trends Report for the 11-county area, analysts at the…
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Ghost of Christmas Past: As Larimer Square’s holiday allure slips, retailers hope for better years ahead
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As the holidays arrived in the year 1965, a sort of Christmas miracle happened on Larimer Street in downtown Denver: On a block that had slid from being the bustling core of a gold rush town, to a skid row lined with rundown bars and…
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High rates send a chill through Denver’s holiday home market
While retailers here and around the country are optimistic about a great holiday shopping season in coming weeks, real estate agents are feeling no such glee as the inventory of homes-for-sale falls, driving long term prices higher. “This market is going to be a function of mortgage rates, and that controls buyers and it controls…
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Denver prayer vigil held after attack on Israel
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The war that raged over the weekend in Israel came home to Colorado Monday evening as more than a thousand people from the Jewish community and other faiths joined for a prayer vigil at Temple Emanuel in Denver. “This is a moment we haven’t seen since 1973, unprecedented in my lifetime,” said Ben Lusher, board…
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Denver Fire places a moratorium on new traffic circles
At a moment when neighbors are complaining to Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure about the safety of its new bikeways through city neighborhoods, the Denver Fire Department is also now asking transportation officials to put the brakes on some installations along the routes. Denver Fire Capt. J.D. Chism confirmed to The Denver Gazette that…