Pinnacol Assurance has been recognized as a “Great Place to Work.” Pinnacol ranked 15th in the medium-size category of the Great Place to Work Rankings for 2010 by Entrepreneur Media Inc.Vista Gold Corp. of Jefferson County has changed the name of its wholly owned Paredones Amarillos gold project in Baja California Sur, Mexico, to the Concordia gold project.
K&G Fashion Superstore has opened a Northglenn location at 10602 Melody Drive East.
Colorado State University’s Everitt Real Estate Center will host the 14th annual Northern Colorado Real Estate Conference from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sept. 23 at the Fort Collins Hilton. For a schedule of events, go to .
Metropolitan State College of Denver has distributed a record level of financial aid totaling more than $191 million, a 10 percent increase over last year at this time. More than $117 million has been accepted by students to date, up 16 percent from last year.
Merrick & Co. of Aurora has been presented the 2010 American Business Ethics Award by the Foundation for Financial Service Professionals.
Sprouts Farmers Market has opened a 28,360-square-foot market in Lone Tree at East Lincoln Avenue and South Yosemite Street.
AMA Construction was recently awarded a contract for a new KeyBank at Columbine Knolls Village in Littleton. Work is expected to be complete in February.
Aurora Housing Authority was awarded an allocation of Low Income Housing Tax Credits from the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority to be used to build the first phase of the Village at Westerly Creek, a 55-unit affordable development for seniors. The new building will replace the outdated Buckingham Gardens public housing development at 800 S. Ironton St.
NewMark Merrill Mountain States has acquired Arvada Marketplace East, a 164,611-square-foot shopping center near Interstate 70 and Wadsworth Boulevard.
