A vaping store owner said the measure, if approved by the City Council, would put his business “in a desperate situation.”
Denver’s ban on flavored tobacco to exempt hookahs, hand-rolled cigars
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Denver calls police, firefighters as witnesses in Beta Nightclub hearing
The city alleges several licensing code violations, including distributing cocaine, a lack of licensed security, frequent fights and fire infractions.
The Docket: Real estate lawsuit roundup for 11.18.21
A deceased man’s estate says fraudulent quit claim deeds were recorded for seven properties, plus several contractors claim they were stiffed.
Steve Bachar arrested on felony charges of securities fraud, theft
The charges involve a shuttered startup and are unrelated to the millions of dollars he has been ordered to repay PPE vendors he stiffed during the pandemic.
The Docket: real estate lawsuit roundup for 10.7.21
A landlord in trying to collect $40K from a gym. Plus a Denver property owner sues Denver over a rejected roofing permit, calling the system “Kafkaesque.”
Council committee postpones decision on proposed flavored tobacco ban
The measure was proposed by Councilwomen Amanda Sawyer and Deborah Ortega.
Lufthansa downsizes presence at DIA
A contract amendment the airline seeks would relinquish two of its ticket counters and 1,736 square feet of office space.
Case closed: Vendors still owed $4.5M from Steve Bachar
Steve Bachar, a Denver lawyer and business man who ordered more than $4 million in PPE during the height of the pandemic and the stiffed his vendors, claimed he hadn’t filed business taxes in the last five years and has no income. But he projected his firm, Empowerment Capital, would bring in $100 million over the next year.
Denver councilwomen propose banning sale of flavored tobacco & nicotine products
“I think we would be in a desperate situation,” the owner of a retail shop along Colfax told BusinessDen.
Denver looks to add 300 hotel rooms to its homeless housing stock
Mayor Michael Hancock proposed a $450 million infrastructure bond measure as he vowed to make progress during his State of the City address.
