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PulteGroup Inc. has promoted Rebecca Lindberg to division president of its Arizona operations.

Lundberg, who most recently served as vice president of operations for the Atlanta-based company's Northern California division, will oversee all aspects of the division's day-to-day homebuilding operations in the metro Phoenix and Tucson areas. Before being named to the California-based vice president of operations job in 2015, Lundberg was vice president of sales for PulteGroup's Arizona division.

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Public school teachers in San Jose, Santa Cruz and San Francisco routinely need to stretch their budgets to cover their rent — in some cases, spending as much as 90 percent of their paycheck on housing alone, according to a new analysis from USA Today.

Santa Cruz is the nation’s least affordable city for mid-career teachers, who get paid an estimated $4,630 per month before taxes, in a market where the median rental unit costs nearly $3,100 per month, according to USA Today, which compared U.S.…

Several members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors have proposed an initiative for November’s ballot to grow and quicken the building of affordable units and housing for education employees in the city.

The Affordable Homes for Educators & Families NOW Act, introduced at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, would allow both 100 percent affordable and educator housing on lots with more than 10,000 square feet as well as publicly owned sites that aren’t parks. It would also remove…

To the needle-averse, voluntarily shelling out more than a hundred bucks so that a nurse can hook you up with an IV bag loaded with saline solution and vitamins you could buy in chewable form may sound extreme.

As the rapid growth of Denver-born Hydrate IV Bar demonstrates, there are plenty of people in the Mile High metro willing to deal with a little sting — to their arms or their pocketbooks — to get water-soluble vitamins and nutrients pumping through their veins.

Founded and owned by former Denver Broncos cheerleader Katie Wafer, Hydrate IV opened its first location in Bonnie Brae in April 2016, then a sister location in Highland the following June.

In April, a third Hydrate opened inside the Live Love Lash day spa in Cherry Creek. The growth has all come without the burden of debt, according to the 30-year-old entrepreneur.

Bar No. 4 isn’t far behind. It is slated to open at 1655 Folsom St. in Boulder — across the street from McGuckin Hardware — in early August, just after f..

More renters from other cities in the United States may be making their way to Denver, but current residents of the Mile High City are looking to relocate to more affordable locations in Colorado, according to data released by ApartmentList.com in its Renter Migration Report.

Denver comes only second to Tampa, Florida, in the number of renters coming to the city from other places, based on ApartmentList.com searches from the 25 largest metro areas. Of the people searching for homes in Denver, 55 percent were coming from other areas, according to the website’s data.

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— Andy Kenney (@AndyKnny) June 17, 2019

“Denver comes in second in this ranking as a thriving job market fueled by a years-long tech boom attracts renters from around the country,” the recently released report stated.

Despite the growing concern of some, Bay Area renters are not looking to move to Denver in large numbers — the metro area doesn..

Between tariffs already in effect and the potential for more, a new analysis shows the outdoor recreation industry could face $1.5 billion in additional costs per month if the U.S.-China trade war continues to escalate.

The Outdoor Industry Association released the data Tuesday, the opening day of Outdoor Retailer, the outdoor recreation industry’s premier trade show, which is in its second year in Denver. The review by The Trade Partnership, an economic research and consulting firm in Washington, D.C., found the last round of tariffs, imposed on $200 billion worth of imports, cost outdoor recreation companies a total of $1.1 billion from September 2018 through April of this year.

That was before President Donald Trump’s administration raised tariffs to 25 percent from 10 percent. And the last bunch of duties covered a limited variety of outdoor goods.

Tariffs are among the top subjects of the Outdoor Industry Association’s discussions and a hot topic of conversation among businesse..

An exquisite estate in Cherry Hills Village that finished as a finalist for the 2019 Home of the Year in Colorado Homes & Lifestyles Magazine was recently listed for sale at $7.75 million.

The immaculate single-family house was originally designed in 1952 for actress and singer Ethel Merman, according to local fable. The grounds span just over two acres wrapped by formal gardens and punctuated with a vast circle drive.

The Taylors have owned the five-bedroom, nine-bathroom home at 3900 S. Colorado Blvd. for over three years. Jim Taylor, his wife and two young children relocated from the Highlands area and have been enjoying the home for the past year and a half after completing a comprehensive remodel.

“We were living downtown and wanted more space for the kids,” Taylor said.

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In all, Taylor’s renovations expanded the property from 7,000 square feet to 15,000 – that includes a..

A ballot measure that would markedly curtail new homebuilding in Colorado’s fifth-largest city has stimulated a big-money effort to quash it — with developer interests amassing nearly $300,000 in contributions compared with just $4,000 from those pushing for a growth limit in Lakewood.

Ballots started hitting mailboxes last week in preparation for the July 2 special election, with Question 200 the only issue to be voted on.

Five issue committees have formed to defeat Question 200, which would cap annual residential growth in Lakewood at no more than 1 percent of the existing housing stock. The measure would also require that projects with at least 40 units get City Council approval before turning dirt.

As of May 31, the National Association of Realtors had put $200,000 into the effort to sink Question 200, along with $25,000 each from the Colorado Association of Realtors and the Associated General Contractors of Colorado. They made their contributions to issue committee Lakewood Uni..

Denver planning officials have determined a 59-year-old funeral chapel in the city’s Berkeley neighborhood has potential to be a historic landmark and opened up a period during which anyone can file paperwork seeking to have it protected as one.

Developer Koelbel & Co. filed an application to demolish the Olinger Moore Howard-Berkeley Park Funeral Chapel at West 46th Avenue and Tennyson Street late last month seeking to clear the way for townhomes, according to city records. As of last week, the chapel was still owned by SCI Funeral Services of Colorado, but negotiations with an undisclosed buyer were ongoing, officials with that company said.

Koelbel’s demolition application sparked a city review that resulted in the now-open landmark designation period. Paperwork seeking to have the chapel preserved must be filed with the city no later than July 3, planning department spokeswoman Alexandra Foster said. If the city receives a notice that someone intends to file the paperwork by June..

The first phase breaks ground this summer.