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An Orland Park, Illinois-based upscale restaurant and winery is coming to Colorado.
Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants will open its first eatery in Colorado on Nov. 23 at 6511 E. County Line Road in Centennial.
The approximately 12K SF restaurant will seat about 350 guests inside, including in two private dining rooms, and 42 people on the 870 SF covered patio. Construction on the space began in June.
The restaurant’s American menu will feature pasta and risotto, steak, pork chops, seafood and chicken. Each dish has a recommended wine pairing.
Cooper’s Hawk was founded in 2005 and has since expanded to 77 locations across the U.S.
PEOPLE
CBRE hired Blake Fulenwider to join the company’s Denver team and focus on office tenant representation. Fulenwider has worked in commercial real estate for about 20 years. He previously worked as vice president of his family’s development company, L.C. Fulenwider Inc.
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Henderson Cos. promoted Nikki Hammer to strategic consulting director. Based in Denver, Hammer has worked in the consulting, electrical engineering and project management space for 20 years. She joined Henderson in 2025.
SALES
An approximately 13,500 SF industrial property at 12198 Ridge Road in Wheat Ridge sold for $2M. An LLC tied to Denver-based LCP Management purchased the property from Brunner Capital Investments LLC. Marcus & Millichap represented the seller. The property was built in 1968 and is fully leased by three tenants.
LEASES
The Denver City Council approved a 65K SF lease for Alterra Mountain Co.’s new office in the former Denver Post building. The ski company will move about 275 employees into the building, with plans to hire nearly 100 more.
Alterra will lease the space for up to 12 years, paying the city $1.5M if the lease ends early. For moving into the space, Alterra will receive a $7M loan from the Downtown Development Authority, up to $1M in incentives from the city of Denver, a year of free rent, two years of free parking, and almost $4M in tax credits, loans and grants from the state, Denverite reported.
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Barnes & Noble will close its Aurora City Place location in January after 23 years in business. The closure comes as the bookstore giant’s lease at 170 S. Abilene St. ends. Barnes & Noble opened three Colorado locations in the last two years and purchased Tattered Cover for $1.8M in 2024.
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Scarpaletto moved into 1,500 SF on Larimer Square at 1425 Larimer St. The family-owned business was founded in 1979 and sells leather boots, shoes, belts and handbags.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
Denver approved a formal site development plan for the Rossonian Hotel in Denver's Five Points neighborhood, Developing Denver reported. The approved SDP includes restoring the original building and building an eight-story addition. The hotel at 2650 Welton St. was built in 1912.
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Kairoi Residential and Clarion Partners finished construction on a 419-unit luxury multifamily development in Aurora. The Gild at Metro Center is at 550 S. Dawson St. on a 12-acre property in a qualified opportunity zone. The apartment community offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as cycling rooms, a speakeasy, a pool and a dog park.
FINANCING
California-based The Bascom Group refinanced Viceroy Observatory Park, a 275-unit multifamily complex in Denver’s University Park neighborhood, for $62.5M. JLL arranged the financing. Prime Finance provided the loan. Bascom purchased the property at 1910 S. Josephine St. for $92.5M in 2018, the same year it was developed by Mill Creek Residential.
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