16th Street safety is the key to downtown Denver’s rebound
In the battle for Downtown Denver’s future, victory or defeat could hinge on convincing people it is safe to visit, work and live in the area, and key to that will be restoring the vibrancy of 16th Street (“mall” was recently dropped from its name), which is wrapping up a three-year renovation. Surveys of why…
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Can downtown get its swagger back? Denver leaders agree it’s both possible and vital
In a post-pandemic world, is it still important or necessary for major metro areas to have a vibrant downtown at their core? If restaurants, retail outlets and housing are growing in Cherry Creek and other neighborhoods, does it matter if they’re on the wane or not as plentiful in downtown Denver? Should efforts be made…
Read MoreAt a crossroads: Downtown Denver is waiting for its rebound
The Denver Post’s business team has spent the past three months talking to city officials — present and past — Chamber and tourism executives, business owners, CEOs, analysts, bankers and economists, all to get a big-picture perspective on Denver’s Downtown. Reporter Aldo Svaldi did an indepth analysis on downtown’s office towers, and a reckoning is…
Read MoreHow vacant are downtown Denver’s office buildings?
Downtown’s most distressed office buildings are also some of the region’s largest. Built during an oil and gas boom in the 1970s and 1980s, most are located in the Upper Downtown and Skyline Park areas, which had multiple blocks scraped to make room for taller buildings. READ THE FULL PROJECT: At a crossroads: Downtown Denver…
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Time of reckoning has arrived for Denver’s troubled office towers
Several of Downtown Denver’s largest towers sit half empty as the clock ticks on unsustainable debts that must be refinanced, repaid or renounced. Unable to find enough tenants to support debt payments, about three in 10 commercial mortgages tied to office buildings in metro Denver are delinquent, the third-worst showing in the country out of…
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Share price, PR mess blamed for ouster of Vail Resorts CEO
Faced with downward-trending stock prices and a series of blows to the company’s image, including a ski patrollers’ strike at one of its biggest mountains, Vail Resorts announced Tuesday that CEO Kirsten Lynch was stepping down after three and a half years at the helm. She was replaced by Rob Katz, her predecessor, who previously…
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Shoveling Shit: The Messy Truth of Entrepreneurship
Shoveling Shit: The Messy Truth of Entrepreneurship written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Listen to the full episode: Episode Summary In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, host John Jantsch sits down with Mike and Kass Lazerow—seasoned entrepreneurs, investors, and authors of the bold new book Shoveling Shit: A…
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How to build the right thing (before you scale the wrong one)
Hello and welcome to The GTM Newsletter by GTMnow – read by 50,000+ to scale their companies and careers. GTMnow shares insight around the go-to-market strategies responsible for explosive company growth. GTMnow highlights the strategies, along with the stories from the top 1% of GTM executives, VCs, and founders behind these strategies and companies. Most…
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AI Ethics in Marketing: Why Strategy and Responsibility Must Go Hand in Hand
AI Ethics in Marketing: Why Strategy and Responsibility Must Go Hand in Hand written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Listen to the episode: Episode Summary In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, host John Jantsch welcomes Paul Chaney, a veteran digital marketer and publisher of the AI Marketing Ethics…
Read MoreWall Street flips to losses after spending bill passes the House raising anxiety over US debt
By YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT, Associated Press Bond yields inched higher and Wall Street flipped from small gains to losses before the opening bell Thursday after rising U.S. debt sank markets on the previous day. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5% in premarket trading, while futures for the S&P 500 and…
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