These 3 are trailblazing in the C-Suite | A Denver innovation district? | Startup Week

Welcome to Denver Business Journal's weekly LinkedIn newsletter. I'm Managing Editor Alicia Cohn, rounding up Denver business news to keep you in the know when time is short.

Ivona Adkins, chief people officer of Bagel Brands, Kathleen Neuheardt, chief financial officer of Bonfire, and Andrea Young, senior vice president of technology at Air Communities, are trailblazers in the C-Suite.

These executives are driving change at their places of business and within their communities. This is the fifth year Denver Business Journal has awarded C-Suite leaders — who are not CEOs — for special recognition, and this year we also highlight three individuals who have blazed a trail for others to follow in their industry.

Meet all of DBJ's C-Suite Awards winners.

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Real estate deals of the week

Tom's Diner to reopen as Tom's Starlight on Wednesday

CU Denver plans new 5-story engineering building to anchor future innovation district

Note from Alicia: What is an "innovation district," you ask? Look to Atlanta as an example. That city promotes its Midtown Innovation District as a walkable network that connects technology, health and the arts through infrastructure. It includes retail, green space, universities and businesses.

Global consulting firm expands to Denver with lease at Block 162

Denver law firm jumps to new office near Union Station

Bonannos become own landlords with significant Capitol Hill purchase

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Denver Startup Week recap

Denver Startup Week ran Sept. 19-23, kicking off with a party on the 16th Street Mall and including lots of advice from founders and VCs as well as a pitch competition, where an equestrian coaching platform walked away the winner of $40,000.

Note from Alicia: Did you attend any particularly insightful panels this year at Startup Week? Let us know in the comments.

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Denver news bites

Denver airport drops in customer satisfaction survey

Note from Alicia: This might seem obvious if you've stood in a line or had your flight cut at DIA recently. But the analysis of problems with concessions surprised me.

Immersive art, putt-putt experiences give Denver-area food halls a boost

Tokyo Joe's acquired by fellow Denver-based fast-casual restaurant operator

Colorado aerospace company, Hilton partner on space station design

Denver is one of the fastest-cooling housing markets in US

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Fundraise of the week

Boulder video game startup launches with $7.6M seed raise

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Plus, there's this

Ed Sealover moderated the Colorado Business Roundtable’s annual “View from the Top” event on Sept. 22, where Grupo Prodensa CEO Emilio Cadena, Caruso Ventures Director Dan Caruso and Oxy CEO Vicki Hollub said Colorado companies need to strengthen their sense of purpose.

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This weekly round-up of Denver business news was compiled by DBJ's managing editor. Here's an interesting fact I learned this week: Nearly a quarter of people in people in Colorado now work from home — 23.7%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That's one of the highest percentages among the States, where?the number of people primarily working from home tripled between 2019 and 2021 to 27.6 million people, according to the newly-released data.

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