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A Nashville-based entertainment company plans to open an approximately 12K SF escape room and game show experience in Denver’s River North Art District in November.
The Escape Game and Great Big Game Show will open at 2620 Walnut St., taking over the former 10 Barrel Brewing space.
At The Escape Game, guests will spend about 60 minutes searching for clues and solving puzzles. There will be six themes, such as prison break and legend of the yeti, according to architect plans submitted to the city of Denver.
The property will also feature three Great Big Game Show rooms set up as interactive, live game shows, according to the plans.
The building is owned by Denver real estate company Edens, which purchased the property for $5M in 2019, according to Denver property records.
Construction to renovate the building is estimated at $1M, according to documents submitted to the city.
This will be the Great Big Game Show’s first Colorado location. The Escape Game has a location at Park Meadows mall in Lone Tree.
PEOPLE
Savills hired Laura Knaus as an associate director at the real estate company’s Denver office. Knaus previously worked at Cushman & Wakefield as a senior associate in Denver. She has experience in office, industrial and labs, with a focus on clients in the defense, aerospace, advanced manufacturing and life sciences realms.
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Law firm Greenberg Traurig hired Shane Griffin to expand its real estate practice. Griffin previously worked for Denver-based Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, advising on office and mixed-use projects in Cherry Creek, Denver’s central business district and RiNo.
SALES
RedPeak purchased a 100-unit, 14-story apartment building near Cheesman Park for $23M. The Manchester Apartments at 2030 E. 11th Ave. were built in 1973. This is the first time the property has been sold, according to Denver property records.
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UCHealth purchased about 1.3 acres of vacant land in Castle Rock and approximately 3 acres in Parker for a collective $6.5M, according to the Denver Business Journal. The Castle Rock land is located near a Sam’s Club at 5940 Promenade Parkway. The Parker property is at the southwest corner of South Parker Road and J Morgan Boulevard.
LEASES
Alterra Mountain Co., the company behind the Ikon Pass, is expected to get one year of free rent at the former Denver Post Building and pay $22 triple net per SF to lease approximately 65K SF on parts of the seventh and eighth floors. Rent will increase by 50 cents per SF each year, according to a city presentation. Tenant improvements, relocation costs, and furniture and equipment expenses total $19.3M, with the Denver Downtown Development Authority providing Alterra with a low-interest loan for up to $7M to help cover costs.
Alterra’s 12-year lease at 101 W. Colfax Ave., in which employees must be in the office three days a week, was first announced in September. New details were released by Denver on Oct. 20. A Denver City Council committee will vote to approve the lease next month.
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FlexEtc is opening an approximately 67K SF co-warehousing and coworking space in Broomfield in January. The new location, at 601 Alter St., will feature 70 private warehouse spaces, 11 offices, shared loading docks, a conference room and a content studio. This is FlexEtc’s second Colorado location. The first opened at 5180 Fox St. in Denver in 2023.
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Movie Tavern Aurora is set to close on Oct. 31 as the company’s lease at 18605 E. Hampden Ave. in Aurora ends. The theater, owned by Marcus Theatres, opened in Aurora in 2007.
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Japanese grocery store Hashi Market plans to open at 12200 E. Mississippi Ave. in Aurora, which used to be a Safeway. The retailer will lease the space from an LLC, which bought the 4.1-acre property from Safeway in June for $5.1M, according to Arapahoe County records.
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Another grocery store, One Plus One Supermarket, plans to open its first U.S. location near the Denver International Airport at 18200 E. 64th Ave. The Chinese grocery chain will be part of a larger mixed-use development called Tower Plaza, which will include two restaurants and a hotel.
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