Exempla Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge this week was named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by Evanston, Ill.-based Solucient, the nation’s leading source of health-care information products. This is the seventh time Exempla Lutheran Medical Center has received the honor.
John Q. Hammons on Tuesday announced plans to develop a 10-story, 320-room Renaissance Hotel, part of the Marriott brand, in Colorado Springs. Scheduled to open in spring 2009, the hotel will be along Interstate 25 just east of the Air Force Academy.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. of Greenwood Village on Tuesday said it has signed a nonbinding letter of intent to purchase the assets of 13 franchised Red Robin restaurants in Washington state for $42 million.
Eklypse II LLC, a Denver- based information-technology integration and consulting-services firm, received national HUBZone certification by the Small Business Administration. The certification gives a competitive advantage in pursuing federal contracts.
Cardinal Communications Inc. of Broomfield on Tuesday said its Sovereign Cos. division broke ground on the Shoppes at Settlers Chase, a 24,000-square-foot retail development at 104th Avenue and Steele Street. The center will be anchored by a 3 Margaritas Mexican restaurant.
SAN Holdings Inc., a Douglas County-based data-storage management and software company, said Tuesday it has closed a private-equity placement of $11 million, which included $3 million in cash from private investors.
China Wireless Communications Inc. signed a contract with China Marine Surveillance, a law-enforcement and supervisory division of China’s State Oceanic Administration. Tianjin Create Co., a subsidiary of China Wireless, will provide laptop computer solutions, maintenance and technical support.
Otologics, a Boulder-based developer of hearing devices, is enrolling patients in a clinical study for a new fully implantable hearing device.
Rivet Software, a Denver- based provider of financial software, partnered with CCH of Riverwood, Ill., to provide Rivet’s Dragon Tag and Dragon View business applications to CCH customers.
Quark Inc. of Denver and Image Source Ltd. of London announced a strategic relationship as Image Source joins the global QuarkAlliance program. The relationship enables members of the QuarkAlliance program to purchase Image Source photography from its website.
First Data Corp. of Greenwood Village announced Tuesday that Associated Banc- Corp. has renewed its agreement for processing services.
Golden Pond Retirement Community in Golden has joined the Colorado Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, Colorado’s largest nonprofit association representing providers of aging services.
Caribou Coffee recently opened its fifth Colorado location, in Westminster at 2721 W. 120th Ave.



