denver has a new venue for sick views: a new floor at the colorado convention center

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denver has a new venue for sick views: a new floor at the colorado convention center

A very tall and very long escalator just opened in the Colorado Convention Center, stretching above its usual expo halls to a brand new floor. Officials and downtown boosters ascended the moving staircase on Thursday, to christen the building’s brand new Bluebird Ballroom. It’s surrounded by floor-to-ceiling windows, plus a long patio on one side, that offer panoramic views of the mountains.

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bridgeport, Conn.: ‘a diamond in the rough’ reinventing itself

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bridgeport, Conn.: ‘a diamond in the rough’ reinventing itself

Bridgeport was once unavoidable. In the middle of the last century, the waterfront Fairfield County city 60 miles from Manhattan churned out so many kinds of products, it seemed to be almost single-handedly shaping the habits of modern life. Rolling off the assembly lines there: lipstick cases, flashlights, typewriters, fans, underwear, sewing machines, cars, scissors, guns, lace, drills, helicopters and phonograph records.

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denver draws rich financiers with $12 million lofts, $175 sushi menus

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denver draws rich financiers with $12 million lofts, $175 sushi menus

Colorado’s capital has transformed from a city in decline into a magnet for the affluent.

Statistically speaking, Denver’s economy is on fire. Unemployment has more than halved in the past year, GDP is expected to grow 73% faster in 2022 than the national figure and inflation — even more so than in the rest of the country — is on a tear.

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chappaqua, N.Y.: a westchester hamlet that’s ‘not cookie-cutter’

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chappaqua, N.Y.: a westchester hamlet that’s ‘not cookie-cutter’

Tara Watnik knew that she and her family would leave their Bronx co-op for a house in Westchester — eventually. But her husband, Scott Watnik, a partner in a Manhattan law firm, grew up in Riverdale, and they liked living in his childhood neighborhood, which was close to her job as a communications director at a private school and an easy commute for him. Then Covid hit, and they decided it was time to get serious about moving.

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here’s the best place to live in 2021, for the pandemic and much more

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here’s the best place to live in 2021, for the pandemic and much more

Loving where you live has never been more important. While a healthy job market, good schools, and affordability have always attracted homebuyers, the coronavirus pandemic has fueled a new need for a home with plenty of room to stretch your legs—indoors and out.

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combining work and pleasure, buyers snapped up vacation homes in a big way during pandemic

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combining work and pleasure, buyers snapped up vacation homes in a big way during pandemic

Housing markets across the country heated up during the COVID-19 pandemic, but demand for vacation homes, including in Colorado, sizzled, according to a new study from the National Association of Realtors.

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10 great US real estate markets in 2021

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10 great US real estate markets in 2021

In February 2021, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller property value index jumped 12% over February 2020 figures. That hasn’t happened since 2006. Historically low mortgage interest rates coupled with an increase in housing inventory herald the beginning of a buyer’s market. Just one question remains—are you in?

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housing boom unbowed by pandemic

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housing boom unbowed by pandemic

“Housing sales were robust and apartments at all price levels were moving quickly,” says Marsha Gordon, the president and chief executive officer of the Business Council of Westchester. In recent years the county was fortunate, with development and the housing market, to be ahead of the curve, Gordon says.

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U.S. news names boulder no. 1 & denver no. 2 in new best places to live rankings

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U.S. news names boulder no. 1 & denver no. 2 in new best places to live rankings

U.S. News & World Report says four Colorado cities are in the Top 5 best places to live in the country. Boulder and Denver came in at No. 1 and No. 2 and Colorado Springs and Fort Collins came in at No. 4 and No. 5 in the 150 Best Places to Live in the U.S. in 2020-21 list.

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