Boulder

This month’s $13 million sale of a Boulder estate qualifies as the county’s most expensive sale in history. Over the past decade, Boulder’s top 10 sales for single-family residences all exceeded $6.5 million, with the second-most expensive hitting $10 million, according to Alana Watkins of VOCA Public Relations, referencing public records. The six-bedroom, six-bathroom home at 1489 Sunset Blvd. closed on Jan. 17. “It’s not surprising to me that this home is setting records for home sales in Boulder County — it’s truly one…

A small Boulder cybersecurity firm looking at a major expansion that could bring nearly 500 jobs to Boulder County received approval for $2.42 million in state tax incentives on Thursday morning. RADICL Defense is a Boulder startup that is considering expanding in Colorado or relocating to Orlando, Fla., as it takes on more contracts to help small- and medium-sized firms boost their cybersecurity efforts. To help retain the company, the Colorado Economic Development Commission approved $2.42 million in job growth…

A Boulder home that’s sold three times in just over two years tops December’s list of priciest local home sales, according to MLS data. The 5,365-square-foot home, built in 2012 and located in the heart of Historic Mapleton Hill at 2299 4th St., was once featured on the cover of Luxe Architecture & Design Magazine. Kimberly Thompson and Paige Coutts of Milehimodern in Boulder listed the five-bedroom, four-bathroom house designed by Surround Architecture on Aug. 9 for $8.5 million. Kimberly Chatman with New Era Group…

Deion Sanders inked a deal to coach the University of Colorado Buffaloes mere weeks ago, but the Pro Football Hall of Famer is already making himself at home in Boulder, one meal at a time. In a recent series of videos posted on Barstool Colorado’s Twitter, Coach Prime has been reviewing local restaurants and grading them on elements such as hospitality, taste and the warm welcomes he receives along the way. (We’re happy to see he’s spending that $29.5 million paycheck at independently-owned establishments here.) Here are…

Elon Musk‘s Twitter takeover quickly took a toll on employees located in Boulder and elsewhere following a mammoth round of layoffs Friday — a week after the billionaire’s acquisition of the social media platform. Twitter employees learned about the decision via email, which said they’d know their employment statuses — laid off or not — by 10 a.m. MT on Friday. It didn’t specify how many of the company’s 7,500 workers would be impacted. The extent of the layoffs in Boulder is still unclear, but at least one ex-employee…

Capital Tacos, a Tex-Mex chain from Tampa, Fla., plans to expand west of the Mississippi River for the first time with three locations in the Boulder area. Jason and Marilyn Scoby, a father-daughter entrepreneurial pair, made the deal with Capital Tacos to bring the restaurants to Colorado, beginning early next year. They’re eyeing Boulder and Longmont for the outposts. The brand started with humble roots in 2013 as a corner restaurant in Land O’Lakes, Fla. Now, it spans more than 80 stores – active and under development…

Jack Newman Bell got his home ready to go on the market before he died last September. Bell, an architect for the National Center of Atmospheric Research, had owned his 3,827-square-foot home on 34 acres at 3631 Eldorado Springs Drive in Boulder for half a century, according to listing agent Paul Dart with Re/Max of Boulder. “Jack lived a wonderful life and eventually passed away of old age,” Dart said. “He put everything in place prior to the sale, and his wish was to find someone who could carry on his legacy here.”…

Atom Computing, a California-based startup that builds quantum computers, opened its largest research and development facility in Boulder on Wednesday. The new location marks a win for Colorado’s growing quantum industry, which is centered around the Denver-Boulder area. Other players in the market include Boulder-based ColdQuanta, Quantum Corporation in Englewood and Quantinuum, a result of a merger between Honeywell Quantum Solutions in Broomfield and U.K.-based Cambridge Quantum. Quantum computing is not only garnering…

While FlyteCo Brewing will make a splash when it rolls out its second location — complete with a bowling alley and mini golf course — at the base of the former Stapleton International Airport control tower in mid-August, it’s far from the only brewery that will open its doors in the seven-county Denver region by the end of 2022. In fact, there are 13 other breweries with concrete plans to begin pouring beer, from Boulder to Castle Rock and Wheat Ridge to Aurora. Some, like FlyteCo, are from existing breweries while others…

The founder of Books Are Fun is moving on to the next chapter. Earl Kaplan and his wife Lily sold their Boulder home at 770 Circle Drive for $6.1 million last month, according to MLS, earning the top spot on BusinessDen’s July top home sales list. Kaplan started Books Are Fun, which sells books and merchandise through temporary displays in schools and businesses, in his home in Iowa in 1990. In 1999, he sold the business to Reader’s Digest for $380 million, according to previous coverage. In 2005, when his non-compete…