Landlords will have to get their units inspected and that should generate business. But those already in the industry have questions.
One likely winner as Denver requires rental licenses? Home inspectors
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Amish furniture store relocating to Wash Park from Colorado Blvd.
“You look at South Gaylord, you look at Wash Park, it’s like, ‘Yes, this goes here,’ ” said a co-owner of Modern Bungalow of the 1028 Gaylord St. building.
Top 10: Denver’s most in-demand elementary, middle and high schools
The 93,000 students served by Denver Public Schools don’t have to go to the closest school, and parents can enroll them in others.
City Council votes to license Lyft, Lime to be the sole scooter, e-bike operators
Competitors Bird and Spin have two weeks to get out.
Denver might buy more hotels for the homeless, city officials say
The city announced a pending $7.85 million purchase of a hotel last week and it may issue a request for proposals in “the next few months” to find others.
City to issue new cannabis business licenses but not in some neighborhoods
Denver has identified parts of town that already have an “undue concentration” of such businesses. Applicants must also meet a “social equity” criteria.
Owner of Gaetano’s buys its Highland property for $2.6M
The seller bought it for $751,000 in 2004 from the notorious Smaldone crime family, which made it a hub for gambling and bootlegging in the 1940s.
City negotiating $7.8M purchase of northeast Denver hotel for homeless shelter
The 96-room property’s current owner had initially planned to convert the former Stay Inn at Peoria and I-70 into a Travelodge.
Concerts return to Red Rocks after revenue plunged 96 percent in 2020
The city-owned venue, which made $52 million in 2019 and only $2 million in 2020 due to COVID, now charges acts a percentage of the door. It previously charged a flat nightly rental.
Denver City Council votes to require city licenses for all residential rentals
After unanimous approval, the measure heads to Mayor Michael Hancock’s desk. He “is not opposed,” a spokeswoman said, and will likely sign it into law.
