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Denver-based Alterra Mountain Company revealed early-bird price increases for next year’s Ikon passes on Thursday that were less than the increases rival Vail Resorts announced Tuesday for its Epic passes. But Ikon passes still cost more than comparable Epic passes. When Ikon passes go on sale next Thursday, the early-bird cost will be $1,249, which is $267 more than the comparable Epic Pass. The Ikon Base Pass will cost $869, which is $138 more than the Epic Local pass. Year-over-year, Ikon increased $90, a 7.7%…

Colorado’s legal psychedelic therapy industry is beginning to take shape as regulators recently unveiled the first rules regarding facilitator education, training and licensure. In late February, the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) released a draft of these rules, which was informed by recommendations from the 15-member Natural Medicine Advisory Board, The board spent the better part of a year researching and discussing what they think are best practices for facilitators — the people who guide or advise people…

Two firms developing a RiNo apartment building with a greenery-filled “canyon” now own an adjacent property. The 3911 and 3963 Walnut St. parcels, which combined are 0.93 acres, sold last week to Washington D.C.-based Uplands Real Estate Partners and Denver-based Wynne Yasmer Real Estate, operating as 40th & Walnut Project LLC. The properties have a handful of industrial buildings on them. The sale price was $9 million, or $221 a square foot. Uplands and Wynne Yasmer submitted development plans for the site in early…

The land Cindy and Ronald McCormick bought for their “forever” home in the rolling hills of eastern Adams County came with a stunning view of the Front Range. It also came with an out-of-service oil well, an open pit, aging storage tanks, a dilapidated shed and a broken promise from a company to clean it all up. After learning that the company, Painted Pegasus Petroleum, went bankrupt, leaving nearly 200 wells across the county for others to take care of, the McCormicks decided to join a lawsuit seeking damages. The…

One year ago this month, Colorado’s Proposition 125 went into effect, allowing grocery stores across the state to sell wine. Local wine and liquor stores said the impacts were immediate, as customers shifted their spending elsewhere. Clif Louis, owner of Cherry Creek’s The Vineyard Wine Shop, said his sales over the last year are down 36% compared to before the change. Josh Robinson, president of Argonaut Wine & Liquor in Cap Hill, said the store’s sales were down 15% the month the change went into effect, and are now…

A Colorado company is on a mission to reimagine the country’s campgrounds and it’s starting by building tent- and trailer-friendly accommodations near the state’s national parks. In 2023, Ramble opened its first campground on a 640-acre plot near the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Alamosa. It features 25 camping sites each equipped with amenities like a smokeless fire pit, chairs, and a built-in camp stove. It’s preparing to debut its second location in Cortez near Mesa Verde National Park this spring. The Golden-based…

Metro Denver’s housing market saw signs of an early spring last month, with both new listings and closings rising sharply, according to an update from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors. New listings, a measure of seller activity, rose 29.1% month-over-month to 4,243, an increase of 22.6% from a year earlier. Closings were up 31.2% month-over-month to 2,864, but they remain down 0.45% from year-ago levels. There were 5,511 homes and condos available for sale at the end of the month, an increase of 13.1% from January…

Best Buy is closing its store within The Streets at SouthGlenn shopping center in Centennial. The last day of operation for the store at 6707 S. Vine St. was this past Saturday, according to the retailer’s website. Best Buy didn’t respond to requests for comment. The company closed a handful of other stores around the country on the same date, according to media reports. Best Buy opened at the location in 2008, midway through Greenwood Village-based Alberta Development Partners’ redevelopment of the former SouthGlenn…

In 2018, Justin Riley went to a plumbing warehouse in a remote part of north Denver to pick up some equipment for a new business he was starting, Improper City. Six years later, he has returned for his next project – transforming the warehouse itself. Riley, 36, and his team of Giovanni Leone, 31, and Colton Cartwright, 33, plan to convert the 62,000-square-foot building at 3625 E. 48th Ave. — northwest of Colorado Boulevard and Interstate 70 — into a destination for Denverites. Dubbed “Moodswing,” the business will be an…

JetBlue and Spirit Airlines are ending their proposed $3.8 billion combination after a court ruling blocked their merger. JetBlue said Monday that even though both companies still believe in the benefits of a combination, they felt they were unlikely to meet the required closing conditions before the July 24 deadline and mutually agreed that terminating the deal was the best decision for both. The Justice Department sued to block the merger last year, saying it would reduce competition and drive up fares, especially for…