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When Dr. Bronwyn Bateman moved into her Cheesman Park penthouse almost 30 years ago, she couldn’t sleep because Denver’s sparkling skyline and the golden-domed Capitol were so captivating. Now 77, Bateman is ready for someone else to…

By Sara B. Hansen, BusinessDen Denver architect Andrew Sumners made good on a childhood pledge. Nine years ago, he bought a yellow eyesore from 1953 that always stood out on Seventh Avenue. “As a kid, I always dreamed of tearing it down…

Denver architect Andrew Sumners made good on a childhood pledge. Nine years ago, he bought a yellow eyesore from 1953 that always stood out on Seventh Avenue. “As a kid, I always dreamed of tearing it down for my grandmother,” Sumners…

OLD COLORADO CITY, Colo. (KOAA) — As Italy takes center stage at the Winter Olympics, the excitement is cooking in southern Colorado. In Old Colorado City, one family-owned Italian restaurant is serving up tradition, culture, and recipes…

With only a few remaining exceptions, Denver has lost most of its unapologetically old-school Italian restaurants. We’re talking about the kind of places where Dean Martin is playing on the speakers, the chicken parmesan is bigger than…

The lender that took back a partially constructed office building in Denver’s LoHi neighborhood has found a buyer for it. Parkview Financial sold the 2926 Umatilla St. building, where work stalled years ago, in December for $3.5 million,…

Federal officials on Monday renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory — which is headquartered in Golden — and removed any mention of renewable energy. The decades-old energy research hub is now called the National Laboratory of…

A Cherry Hills Village mansion has sold for $17 million, setting a record for on-market home sales in the Denver metro area. An LLC purchased the 22,000-square-foot home on 2 acres at that Cherry Hills Village address last week,…

Brookfield and its lender have taken a more than $340 million loss on two downtown Denver office towers. On Tuesday, the New York-based real estate giant sold 1.28 million square feet of office space within City Center. Brookfield bought…

Oil executive Stephen Rector is selling his home at 7 Village Road in Cherry Hills Village, which he and his wife spent years crafting. Rector, president of Rim Operating, a private oil and gas firm, and his wife Susan bought the 2-acre…