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What does it take to get a hotel built in Morrison? Chad Wallace wants to be the first to find out. So far, the principal of Evergreen-based Root Architecture and Development can safely say eight meetings with the planning commission, one (unsuccessful) public hearing, a petition to appeal, hours-long discussions with the Board of Trustees and much more. “We’re going to keep pushing forward,” Wallace said. Morrison has a population of about 400 and is tucked near Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre, a major attraction. But…

Gov. Gavin Newsom will attempt to expedite construction of a $2-billion residential and commercial mega-development in downtown Los Angeles, his administration announced Thursday.The 7.6-acre project, named Fourth & Central, would bring 1,500 new homes, 410,000 square feet of office space along with retail, restaurants and a 68-room hotel to what’s now a collection of cold storage facilities, parking lots and warehouses in Skid Row near its boundary with the Arts District. Newsom’s decision Thursday aims to shave…

If Los Angeles is a city in flux — a place with an ever-shifting center that’s home to many a transplant and is sometimes too eager to favor the new — then perhaps no neighborhood better embodies our town than downtown. Once the beating heart of the region, downtown has survived multiple eras of ups and downs, and remains a place in constant transformation. To live in downtown — I have been a resident of the area for nearly 15 years — is not only to confront the fantasy of Los Angeles but also to come face to…

White Paper BBQ will soon be in a new home, moving to downtown Loveland after years along West U.S. 34. And while the new building is undergoing work, the restaurant’s owner will keep things moving out of a food truck parked out front. Pitmaster and Owner Jim Rowan initially opened the restaurant above Berthoud Brewing Company in west Loveland in late 2021, serving up a series of smoked meats and accompanying sides. Rowan said that the last three years have gone great. “All we have done is grow,” he said. “Our customer…

A local family is currently working on opening an indoor golf facility that is expected to soft open this spring, offering residents the chance to hit the links indoors. TeeShots, nestled along the southwest side of downtown Loveland, will function as an indoor golf entertainment and training center, offering four golf simulation bays as well as a full service bar. Mike Bitner, co-owner with his wife Eileen Bitner and son Jeremy Bitner, said they are combining golfing and drinking. “My favorite line is I retired a year…

Hines, a real estate firm with a significant footprint in downtown Denver, remains optimistic about the market, but believes the area is at a tipping point that could lead to a “doom spiral” if concerns about safety and other challenges facing developers aren’t addressed. The global firm’s office in Denver manages about $4 billion in assets and has about 100 employees, said Chris Crawford, who heads the team’s work in Colorado. “We focus on a full suite of products: acquisitions, development and asset management,”…

All across the Academy of Media Arts, there are signs of an active campus life.School projects are still plastered on the walls; books are strewn on tables; apples sit uneaten in the cafeteria.What is missing are the students — some 50 ninth- through 12th-graders, many from low-income Black and Latino families, who were forced to scramble after the private high school in downtown Los Angeles abruptly shut its doors Jan. 15. The school occupied the first three floors of the L.A. Grand Hotel, which since 2021 has been used…

The Los Angeles Lakers unveiled a statue of Kobe Bryant on Thursday, honoring their late superstar with a 19-foot bronze likeness outside their downtown arena. The 4,000-pound statue depicts Bryant in his white No. 8 jersey with his right index finger raised as he walked off the court following his 81-point performance against the Toronto Raptors in January 2006. Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, said during the dedication ceremony that the statue is the first of three that will be created to honor the…

Taggers sprayed graffiti on at least 27 floors of a partially completed downtown Los Angeles skyscraper directly across from Crypto.com Arena at LA Live, which is planning to roll out the red carpet for Sunday’s Grammy Awards. It’s unclear how the taggers gained access to the massive Oceanside Plaza site, a $1-billion mixed-use project on Figueroa Street and has been stalled since 2019. Street photographer Daron Burgundy told KTLA-TV that that taggers had been busy spray painting the structure for the past three nights.…

Overall, the office vacancy rate in downtown Denver, which tumbled during the pandemic, rose above 30% by the end of 2023, its highest point in more than two decades. The total vacancy rate in the fourth quarter of last year was 30.9%, according to a report by the Denver office of the commercial real estate firm JLL. That’s up from 29.9% in the third quarter of 2023. And it’s the highest vacancy rate for downtown Denver office buildings since the 1990s, according to real estate firm CBRE. A new report by CBRE calculated…