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Real estate investor Gary Dragul pleads guilty to fraud, agrees to 120 days...
Denver businessman Gary Dragul pleaded guilty Monday to two felony counts of securities fraud. (BusinessDen file) Minutes before his two-week trial was to begin Monday morning, local real estate...
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The Docket: Real estate lawsuit roundup for 6.8.23
The Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse in downtown Denver. (Thomas Gounley) Adams District Court Brighton Village v. Hudson Insurance Company The plaintiff, which owns a mobile home park at 671...
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State agency waited for election to pass before breaking Uptown lease,...
Pearl Plaza, at 601 E. 18th Ave. in Uptown, was the headquarters of the Governor’s Office of Information Technology between 2009 and February 2023. (Justin Wingerter/BusinessDen) Last September,...
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Zeppelin’s lauded Ouray hotel restoration leaves some contractors fuming
The three-story Western Hotel, located in the town of Ouray, as it looked before its renovation. (Courtesy Zeppelin Development) Hanging low and dark over the ornate fixtures, polished leather...
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Law firm Springer & Steinberg departs downtown after 40 years
This building at 1400 S. Colorado was the headquarters of Lewan Technology until it moved to the Denver Tech Center in 2021. (Courtesy Avison Young) After four decades along Broadway in downtown...
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Frank Azar again sues his accountant over $716K tax underpayment
A Frank Azar billboard looms over a used car lot along South Broadway in Denver. (BusinessDen file) Frank Azar, the personal injury attorney whose billboards dot Colorado’s highways and byways, has...
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Colorado Springs to pay GE Johnson $3M to settle Pikes Peak case
The Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center at 14,115 feet includes indoor and outdoor exhibits, walkways and popular donuts. (City of Colorado Springs) The City of Colorado Springs has agreed to pay $2.95...
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Appeals court: Landlord not required to sell to mitigate losses when tenant...
Resilience Code’s former fitness and medical facility at 99 Inverness Drive East in Englewood. (Resilience Code) Three judges determined Thursday that a neurosurgeon who owns an elite training facility...
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Property manager accused of embezzling must pay $2M
This warehouse at 2501 Welton St., right, is owned by Hamid Simantob of Aurora. (Justin Wingerter/BusinessDen) A former property manager in Centennial has been ordered to pay more than $2 million to...
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Law firm split puts City Park mansion on the market for $1.7M
This 4,900-square-foot house at 1670 York St. was built in 1920. It is one block from City Park and East High School. (Justin Wingerter/BusinessDen) The breakup of a civil rights and employment law...
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The Docket: Real estate lawsuit roundup for 6.22.23
The Alfred A. Arraj U.S. Courthouse at 901 19th St. in downtown Denver. (Thomas Gounley photo) Adams District Court City of Thornton v. PNYX; Matia Kapuranis; Frank Kapuranis The plaintiff alleges the...
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Head of fake nonprofit goes to jail for three months for pocketing $300K
Travis Singhaus, 48, pleaded guilty to attempted money laundering and failure to file a tax return. (Denver District Attorney’s Office) A judge sentenced former charity executive Travis Singhaus to...
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Jefferson Park restaurant duped feds out of $243K, landlord says
Sarto’s, an Italian restaurant, operated at 2900 W. 25th Ave. in Jefferson Park between 2014 and 2020. (Justin Wingerter/BusinessDen) A former restaurant owner in Jefferson Park has been accused by his...
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Greenwood Village woman says neighbor stole furniture during $6M remodel
The house at 6600 E. Ida Ave. as it looked when Danielle Braverman and David Reis bought it in 2020 for $1.78 million. (Arapahoe County Assessor’s Office) A fashion model in Greenwood Village claims...
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‘A sad story of betrayal’: How a family real estate firm was gutted by a...
Neal Smith II, left, and Harold “Butch” Gorden were best friends for decades. (Courtesy Justin Smith) At 4:27 p.m. on Oct. 1, 2002, air traffic controllers lost radar contact with a single-engine...
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Court rules Denver can use DIA land for non-DIA development
Denver International Airport staff mow grass on undeveloped land near the runways. (Courtesy Denver International Airport) An appeals court ruled Thursday that the city can use vacant land near Denver...
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Twitter seeks $5.8M from Boulder landlord that evicted it
Twitter occupied 65,000 square feet at 3401 Bluff St. in Boulder. (Photo by Christopher Wood/BizWest) One month after it was ordered by a judge to leave its offices in Boulder, Twitter is suing the...
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Root Down in LoHi says ‘knock-off restaurant’ intrudes on its trademark
The restaurant Root Down, seen here in spring 2020, is located at 1600 W. 33rd Ave. in LoHi. (BusinessDen file) The company behind a popular restaurant in LoHi is suing what it calls a new “knock-off...
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The Docket: Real estate lawsuit roundup for 7.6.23
The Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse in downtown Denver. (Thomas Gounley) Adams District Court Amber Davis aka Amber Sherrick v. Windows America of Colorado dba New Windows For America of...
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City says strip club sells sex, may soon shutter
PT’s Showclub is at 1601 W. Evans Ave. in south Denver. (Justin Wingerter/BusinessDen) It was 19 minutes before midnight on a near-freezing Friday night in south Denver and the dancer had to decide...
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