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Pikes Peak summit builder accused by city of shoddy work at 14,000 feet
The visitor center atop Pikes Peak opened in mid-2021 after three years of work that was led by GE Johnson. (City of Colorado Springs) The City of Colorado Springs is countersuing the company that...
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‘Not viable’: Debt holder tries to take over bankrupt Dillon condo project
The Uptown 240 construction site off Lake Dillon Drive in Dillon is pictured on Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. (Sawyer D’Argonne/Summit Daily News) A bankrupt and unbuilt condo complex in Dillon that would-be...
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Eight-figure court fight over Grand Apartments turns into legal ‘morass’
Signage on an exterior window at The Grand Apartments in LoDo proclaims that “It’s all Grand” but former tenants would disagree. (BusinessDen file) The debate over who is to blame for dire construction...
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Injury lawyer Michael Sawaya chided by judge for ethics lapse
A former client accused retired Denver attorney Michael Sawaya of sexual assault last year. Sawaya then sued the accuser. (Photo courtesy of Facebook) The personal injury lawyer Michael Sawaya was...
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Former Parker defense attorney suspended for inappropriate texts
Morley Swingle, then a prosecutor in St. Louis, speaks with a witness soon after leaving Colorado in 2016. (Courtesy of Missouri Lawyers Media) A former defense attorney in Parker who flew a...
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Fitness stores file for Chapter 7 as landlords sue for rent
The former Colorado Home Fitness location at 9619 E. County Line Rd. in Englewood. (Google) A local chain of home fitness stores has closed and declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Colorado Home Fitness,...
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Earth (.com) files for bankruptcy in Telluride
Eric Ralls, of Telluride, is the CEO of Earth.com and EarthSnap. He and the companies filed for bankruptcy on April 19. (PlantSnap) Earth.com is in a world of hurt. The website, which is headquartered...
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The Docket: Real estate lawsuit roundup for 4.27.23
The Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse in downtown Denver. (Thomas Gounley) Adams District Court Adam Reiter; Amie Ha v. Brookfield Colorado Residential dba Brookfield Residential Properties;...
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Coffee at the Point must pay $45K to Five Points landlord Flyfisher Group
Ryan Cobbins opened Coffee at the Point in 2010 at 710 E. 26th Ave. in Five Points. It closed last summer. (Courtesy of Flyfisher Group) A Denver judge has ordered the now-closed Coffee at the Point to...
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Lender owed $22M seeks receiver for half-built hotel near DIA
The proposed FourPoints Denver Gateway hotel at 16161 E. 40th Ave. is seen on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. (Justin Wingerter) A lender that said it is owed $22 million wants a court-appointed caretaker for...
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Watson seeks to regain control of development firm after partial win in...
Brian Watson is CEO and owner of Denver-based Northstar Commercial Partners. (BusinessDen file) After earning a partial victory in a long-running civil lawsuit filed against him by Amazon, Denver...
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Personal injury firm Bachus & Schanker buys RiNo property for future office
3495 N. Downing St. is currently a vacant lot where Downing, Lawrence Street and 35th Street converge. (Justin Wingerter) The personal injury law firm Bachus & Schanker plans to construct an office...
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$2.4M in liens and lawsuit hit unbuilt Zeppelin garage in RiNo
Zeppelin has developed the Taxi campus in RiNo in stages since 2001. It has a mix of office, residential and retail buildings. (Justin Wingerter) The prominent RiNo builder Zeppelin Development has hit...
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Judge rejects lawsuit seeking to block Bonnie Brae’s first pot shop
Businesses line University Boulevard in the Bonnie Brae neighborhood of Denver. (Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post) A Denver judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by eight people who live near Bonnie Brae,...
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Tavern restaurateur countersues his mom, says she pilfered company funds
This building at 1949 Market St. was home to the restaurant Tavern Downtown before it closed in 2019. (Thomas Gounley photo) A Denver restaurateur who is being sued by his mother has countersued her...
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Denver DA quietly fired prosecutor after bungled hit-cyclist case last year
The Wellington E. Webb Municipal Building, 201 W. Colfax Ave., houses the Denver District Attorney’s Office. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post) A deputy district attorney in Denver was fired last...
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Boston Market ordered to pay $590K to Golden HQ landlord
Boston Market has made 14103 Denver West Parkway in Golden its headquarters since 1996, when it was known as Boston Chicken Inc. (Google) Boston Market has been ordered to pay nearly $600,000 to the...
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Crested Butte firefighters say fraudster Steve Bachar impersonated them after...
Steve Bachar, 57, eyes the crowd during his sentencing hearing in Denver District Court on Friday, March 10, 2023. (Justin Wingerter) On Jan. 19, 2022, a man applied to be a volunteer firefighter in...
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Feds look to seize 500 acres from southwest Colorado vice-mayor
Duvall “Val” Truelsen is the 82-year-old mayor pro tem in the small Montezuma County town of Dolores. (Val Truelsen Sawmill) In far southwest Colorado, the Internal Revenue Service is trying to seize...
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Boulder owner of 108 Hardee’s files for Chapter 11
A former Hardee’s restaurant in Richmond, Virginia. (Richmond BizSense) A Boulder-based constellation of 108 Hardee’s restaurants has gone bankrupt. Six LLCs that are part of Capstone Restaurant Group...
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