DENVER — Included is an inside look at Denver’s latest business to jump on the food hall trend, a $4.5 million, six-bedroom home with a rustic barn, and two studies that show Denver’s booming business sector is among the tops in the nation.
>In the video above from Feb. 23, Ed Sealover with the Denver Business Journal goes over the biggest Colorado business stories of the week
Real estate
The 12,271-square-foot home features six bedrooms, nine bathrooms and sits on a 5-acre lot along with a rustic barn. And for an extra $1.5 million, one can purchase a neighboring second home and equestrian facilities on an additional 43 acres.
2) Homebuilder buys 310-acre parcel in Jefferson County, plans 1,200 homesites (DBJ Subscriber Content)
The $50 million deal could bring more than a thousand homes to Jefferson County — and it’s breaking ground this week.
The project’s development team presented a vision that includes breaking up a 13-acre site into walkable blocks filled with office and residential buildings and ample ground-floor retail space
Food and drink
Tacos, barbecue, empanadas and burgers are just some of the offerings at Junction Food & Drink, which plans to open in Denver in April.
The awards are considered the Oscars of the restaurant industry and Colorado is dominating the awards program in its newly created Best Chef Mountain region category. Here’s who’s up for a prize
Travel and transportation
The “2020 Top Truck Bottleneck List” assesses the level of congestion at 300 locations on the national highway system via GPS data from more than 1 million trucks.
With I-70 traffic growing worse every ski season, now may be the time to consider flying from DIA to Steamboat Springs.
Local news
The Wall Street Journal analyzed data from Moody’s Analytics to gauge unemployment rates, new jobs, wage growth and other factors. Here are the other cities that made the list.
9) Denver jumps 6 spots on 'Best-Performing Cities' list
The Milken Institute’s annual “Best-Performing Cities” index measures economic vitality using job creation, wage growth and other innovation industry metrics.
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