• KSQ Architects has opened a new Denver office at 910 Santa Fe Drive. The firm specializes in collegiate, K-12 schools and multifamily housing.
• Mercury Payment Systems LLC, a Durango-based leading payments-technology and services provider for small and medium-size businesses, has been named the winner of the Best Channel Vendor award by Business Solutions Magazine.
• Gordmans will vacate its store at 14400 E. Alameda Ave. in Aurora by March 31 as part of a lease agreement.
• Students from the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Leeds School of Business will offer free tax-preparation services to individuals under the Internal Revenue Service-sponsored Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. Members of the public who make $52,000 or less are eligible for the service, now in its fifth year at the Leeds School.
• General Shale recently received a merit award in the multifamily category from the Rocky Mountain Masonry Institute’s Masterworks in Masonry competition for construction of the Manhattan Lofts in the Riverfront Park area of the Central Platte Valley District.
• Aurora’s Dry Dock Brewing nearly quadrupled its production numbers last year, jumping from 3,273 barrels in 2012 to 12,000 barrels in 2013. This increase comes with Dry Dock’s new 30,000-square-foot production facility at 2801 Tower Road.
• Denver School of Nursing has started an on-campus chapter of the American Assembly for Men in Nursing to promote the recruitment and retention of men in nursing.
• Patty Bigner and Melissa Katsimpalis recently launched Bigner-Katsimpalis Marketing Group in Fort Collins, focusing on communication and customer-relationship strategy in health care, municipal government and higher education.
• Bradford Publishing Co. announced the release of a new edition of the definitive guide to business contracts. Ted White, author of “Business Contracts: A Guide for Lawyers and Business Owners,” covers a wide range of business topics and provides all the tools needed to prepare documents used in the formation and operation of businesses.
• Alliant National Title Insurance Co. has successfully completed an examination of its processes for approving, monitoring and reviewing from the American Institute of CPAs.
• Advance Auto Parts Inc., an automotive aftermarket retailer, has opened its seventh Denver-area store at 6700 E. Colfax Ave.
• Tri Pointe Homes Inc. has announced the acquisition of 214 lots in Arvada, Castle Rock and Denver. Sales of new homes in all three locations are expected to begin within three to seven months.
•Canary LLC of Denver recently acquired American Wellhead LLC, a wellhead sales and service company in the Permian Basin. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
