Somera Capital, a private real-estate investment firm, has acquired two Denver-area office properties for $26.7 million. Somera partnered with Denver-based Equity West Investment Partners on the acquisition of the 123,796- square-foot Quorum office complex in the Denver Tech Center and the 134,691-square- foot 304 Inverness Way South building in Inverness Business Park.
The Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce has endorsed Denver’s empowerment initiative, which will provide equal access to minorities for city projects. However, the chamber urged the city to expand the initiative to include professional services.
Jeppesen of Arapahoe County was recently inducted into the newly formed Edelman Academy by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences for outstanding examples of management science and operations-research practices.
Denver-based St. Mary Land & Exploration Co. declared a semi-annual cash dividend of 5 cents per share of common stock. The dividend will be paid Nov. 13 to stockholders of record Nov. 3.
Plasmon of Arapahoe County announced a strategic alliance with Konica Minolta Holdings Ltd. that allows Konica to sell Plasmon’s archive solutions in Japan.
SVB Silicon Valley Bank, a bank for entrepreneurial companies in the technology, life- science, private-equity and wine industries, will open its central-division headquarters in Broomfield. The new office, which will include the existing Boulder operation, will open in Interlocken in January.
ViaWest, a Denver-based provider of colocation and managed hosting solutions, announced the addition of WealthTouch Inc., a full-service wealth-management company, to its roster of Denver-based customers.
Istria Ltd., a Denver-based provider of project- and risk- management software, announced the launch of its Consultant Partner Program, designed for consultants and consulting firms.
Verizon Wireless has improved its wireless coverage in several ski areas. The network enhancements will benefit users in Aspen, Durango Mountain Resort, Steamboat Springs and Vail. Verizon also announced improved coverage in Loveland.
BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse will open its third resturant next week in Aurora at 14442 E. Cedar Ave. in the Aurora City Place.
Jamba Juice announced the opening of a store in Northfield at Stapleton, 8302 E. 49th Ave..
Denver-based Rule 6 Communications has been retained to provide public-relations services for Snell & Wilmer LLP, also of Denver.
The Internal Revenue Service’s Denver office announced that taxpayers can apply online (IRS.gov) for the Online Payment Agreement that provides a voluntary way to resolve tax liabilities.
