Denver Business Journal articles from August 1995

Denver Business Journal archives from August 1995

Lawyer is Clinton's close running mate. (Jim Lyons; Pres. Bill Clinton)
August 4, 1995... Nearly 2,000 miles separate the 28th floor of One Tabor Center and the Oval Office, but for Denver attorney Jim Lyons, the president is just a phone call away. "Sometimes I tear my tombstone will read, 'Here lies Jim Lyons, a kind of friend of...

Golden to land center. (Colorado; shopping center)
August 4, 1995... Retail project valued at $60M West Denver's voracious appetite for better shopping may be satisfied by a new $60 million power center in Golden. Planned for a 48-acre site at the southwest corner of Interstate 70 and 6th Avenue, the project...

Year no. 5 may mark Cherry Creek change. (Denver, Colorado shopping center)
August 4, 1995... The cherry creek shopping center is five years old this month, and the clink of champagne glasses will celebrate an unparaleled retail success story that transformed shopping in metro Denver. Now comes the hard part. With the premiere of the...

Airlines scaring off 'ghost city' fliers. (hidden city airline tickets; Denver, Colorado)
August 4, 1995... Travel agencies stack between airlines, bargain-hunting clients Area travel agencies are caught in the cross fire between airlines striving to fill every seat and fliers who demand "creative" ticketing to help them save on fares. United...

Fliers get shuttle to Springs. (Colorado Springs Airport; Western Starr Charters Inc.)
August 4, 1995... Western Starr eyes fare-conscious Denver travelers Denver travelers trying to get to Colorado Springs' booming airport soon will have shuttle bus service. Since Western Pacific launched its low-fare service earlier this year, Colorado...

Elitch attendance below projections. (Elitch Gardens amusement park)
August 4, 1995... Shortfall in visits at new park could reach 200,000 by year end With attendance at the new Elitch Gardens running more than 15 percent below projections, executives at the downtown amusement park are slashing expenses and cutting ticket prices....

Startup taking NASA's high-tech dirt to market. (ZeoponiX Inc.)
August 4, 1995... ZeoponiX targets earth-based crops Some companies rise from the ashes, but ZeoponiX Inc. chooses instead to emerge from dirt. The relatively new Louisville company is bringing to market revolutionary plant-growth technology it leveraged from...

MarkAir's troubles could help Frontier. (MarkAir Inc.; Frontier Airlines)
August 4, 1995... Airline will take on more cities Call it the tale of two low-cost airlines trying to survive at an expensive airport. As one struggles to survive in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the other is trying to grow up quickly enough to take its place. Just...

Ditto hires may hit 1,500. (Ditto Corp. plans to hire new workers in Aurora, CO)
August 11, 1995... A new company that would employ at least 600 workers plans to launch a huge document assembly operation in the Michelin Tire Corp. building in Aurora, The Denver Business Journal has learned. Ditto Corp. has been negotiating to buy the...

Colorado's losing out in chip war. (state bypassed as site of semiconductor plants)
August 11, 1995... State 'passed by' as others benefit Colorado has missed the latest construction wave of computer chip plants, worrying some observers that the state has slipped from front-runner to bystander in a key phase of the technology race. "There's a...

Tabloid turnaround? (Rocky Mountain News)(includes related articles)
August 11, 1995... The Rocky Mountain News recently has lost ground to The Denver Post and, like an army under siege, the News has shaken up the top ranks of its editorial operation. In a newspaper war, ink and newsprint are the weapons of choice, and city...

Little guys fight back at workers' comp costs. (workplace safety programs implemented by small businesses)(includes related article)
August 11, 1995... Construction, other industries learning safety, screening can save big money When Steve Jennison, owner of Littleton-based Jennison Construction, found a workers' comp claim in his mailbox in 1992 from a worker claiming a carpal-tunnel injury,...

Garbage gives up its gold. (A1 Organics)(includes related article)(Company Profile)
August 11, 1995... A1 Organics finds green in city's trash The Wilsons make gold out of the tree branches, used pallets and manure others consider garbage. Their alchemy comes through A1 Organics, the state's largest commercial composter, as well as prime...

Cherry Creek may sell ads. (Cherry Creek School District school buses to carry advertising billboards)
August 11, 1995... Cash crunch could have buses sporting corporate logos The metro area's cash-hungry public schools, feeling pressure from Amendment 1 and tax-weary property owners, may soon sell space to earn some spending money. Several metro-area districts...

Condo project will prove life does exist west of I-25. (Overlook project, Denver, CO)
August 11, 1995... Denver Loft developer Wally Hultin is nurturing a fledgling $25 million project on the west side of the Central Platte Valley. Through his company, Byers Street Properties, Hultin wants to build 160 loft-like condominiums as well as commercial...

Carts roll along. (Carts of Colorado Inc.)(Interview)
August 11, 1995... End of Pepsi deal opens up markets; Coke could be next Editor's note: Brothers Dan and Stan Gallery were pumping concrete and selling lumber in 1984 when a new law allowed vending carts on Denver streets. Turned down by a banker when they tried...

Mammoth N.D. oil find boon to independents. (Lodgepole play, Stark County, ND)(includes related article)
August 11, 1995... Lodgepole discovery biggest in years A large oil discovery near the small town of Dickinson, N.D., has set the industry abuzz, but it isn't the oil and gas heavyweights that are making headlines. Small independent oil companies such as...

Southern Pacific tracks could be put up for sale. (Southern Pacific Rail Corp.)
August 11, 1995... Shippers and transportation officials in the state are following Union Pacific Corp.'s acquisition of Southern Pacific Rail Corp. Aug. 4 with two tracks of questions. Will shipping rates go higher? Will the combined railroad be more inclined...

Public Service facing deregulation: bill could unshackle Colo. rates. (Public Service Company of Colorado)
August 18, 1995... In its second sweeping deregulation move in as many years, the Colorado Legislature is preparing to overhaul Public Service Company of Colorado's decades-long power monopoly. To kick off what it shaping up as the biggest business issue of the...

DTC tries to attract big bank. (Denver Technological Center)
August 18, 1995... Yet another new building developed by the Denver Technological Center could break ground in the next 30 days, according to real estate insiders. Located at the northeast corner of South Monaco Street and East Belleview Avenue in DTC West. the...

Merrill's campus to double. (Merrill Lynch and Company Inc.'s Meridian International Business Center in Englewood, Colorado)
August 18, 1995... In a major move to the southeastern suburbs, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. will sell its buildings in Lakewood and move its local service operations to Englewood. The Denver Business Journal has learned. A memo sent to the financial services giant's...

Thefts cost suburban firms: Jeffco cops: pair posed as office cleaners but looted clients. (Allen Miller and Lamanna Falbo)(Protecting Your Assets, part 2)
August 18, 1995... Allen Miller and Lamanna Falbo ran what police say was a unique office cleaning business in suburban Denver. Instead of tidying up the premises of a number of small businesses, police reports and court documents allege that Miller and Falbo...

Bankruptcy bargains: belly-up firms make for prime pickings.
August 18, 1995... Like penny-pinchers pouring over weekend garage sales, entrepreneurs increasingly are looking to bankrupt operations for deals. Some call companies that take advantage of distressed assets "vulture funds," while others maintain they're just...

Glendale polishing its image: pocket city developing plan to guide development.
August 18, 1995... Glendale has been the Rodney Dangerfield of metro Denver cities for so long, it's hard to imagine the tiny burg ever getting any respect. But if city leaders have their way, Glendale will become a fashionable address. The diminutive city...

Brody marches his fund toward the $100M mark. (Robert Brody; American Growth Fund)
August 18, 1995... During a time when mutual fund managers rise and fall like flaming artillery shells, Robert Brody and his American Growth Fund have marched to a different and steady drummer. Brody, 69, has run American Growth in Denver for more years than many...

Retail dollars spent past Denver's limits: more shoppers look to suburbs.
August 18, 1995... Despite the opening of the Cherry Creek shopping center five years ago, Denver's share of the metro retail dollar continues to shrink, a Business Journal study reveals. Denver accounts for only $215 of every $1,000 spent on retail sales in the...

Unidata's acquisition expands global presence.
August 18, 1995... Software maker develops relations with French Australian companies This summer, Unidata expanded both its business and its product's capabilities through two new relationships on opposite sides of the globe. Unidata, a database software...