Tobin’s Pharmacy, a family-owned “corner drug store” at 4100 W. Colfax Ave., will close Sept. 30 after 69 years in business. The prescription practice has been sold to Walgreens. Store owner Howard Zeppelin, son-in-law of the founder, Lou Tobin, will work at the Walgreens pharmacy at 6300 W. Colfax Ave.
Forest City Enterprises will host a groundbreaking ceremony for the Orchard Town Center today. The retail development near West 144th Avenue and Interstate 25 in Westminster has signed a 12-screen AMC Theatres, JCPenney and Macy’s.
Alberta Development Partners LLC will host a ceremonial groundbreaking today for Main Street at Southlands. The 75-store, four-block development is the second phase of The Southlands retail development at E-470 and Smoky Hill Road in Aurora.
Red Hawk Industries, a privately held company based in Greenwood Village, announced Tuesday that it has acquired FiSource Inc., a Colorado-based security-systems integrator with offices in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.
Qwest Communications International Inc. announced Tuesday that vice chairman and chief financial officer Oren G. Shaffer will speak at the Banc of America 35th Annual Investment Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday.
Broomfield-based Ball Corp. will also make a presentation at the conference.
Credo Petroleum Corp. of Denver announced Tuesday that its board approved a three-for-two split of the company’s common stock to shareholders of record on Sept. 26.
Perkins Coie announced Tuesday that two of its Denver-based lawyers have been named the best in the country by Woodward/White, publishers of “The Best Lawyers in America 2006.” Bruce D. Stocks and Kim I. McCullough were honored for corporate law and franchise law, respectively. John L. Ruppert, who will join the Denver office this month, was also listed.
PRACO Public Relations Advertising Co., with headquarters in Colorado Springs, and the Innovation Group, a gaming and hospitality industry management consultancy, on Tuesday announced a new marketing joint venture. The partnership bridges the gap that affects companies working with multiple consultants.
Ultimate Electronics, a Thornton-based electronics retailer, introduced a new advertising campaign that pokes fun at the trials and tribulations consumers face when purchasing and installing electronics.
Cresthill Middle School in Highlands Ranch will receive $10,000 from Intel Corp. and Scholastic Corp. as winner of the 2005 Schools of Distinction award. Cresthill was cited for exceptional commitment to achievement and innovation in education.
Qwest opened a new retail store Tuesday in the lobby of the Qwest tower, 18th and California streets downtown.
Xstatic Public Relations of Denver has added Colorado Trout Unlimited to its client roster.
