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Six blocks of manufacturing operations, auto body shops, art galleries in Denver are about to be redeveloped and outfitted with the fitting Renaissance-like name of Giambrocco.   The co-venture of Tributary Real Estate and Charles Street Partners is an extension of the wildly popular RiNo District and will include 500,000-sq.-ft. of office space, 350 market-rate and affordable apartments, art studios, and retail “strategically located in hot spots,” according to a press release.  

The clear signal sent by these first quarter numbers is that J. Crew is a company in trouble. As much as the business is used to decline, the accelerated pace of deterioration, as evidenced by the 6.3% drop in overall sales and the 12% fall in J. Crew comparables, is worrying. That this weakness comes off the back of negative prior year numbers suggests that the company has not yet reached rock bottom.