An Ethiopian restaurant where Taco Bell used to be. A vintage shop in the former RadioShack. A fashion boutique taking a regional bank’s onetime space.

Jevon Taylor has 18,000 square feet of retail space along the 16th Street Mall and he’s going all-in on local operators, with the help of an expected $2.7 million from Denver’s Downtown Development Authority.

“We’re bringing some of the top small businesses that Denver has to offer, everything from cultured foods, from Ethiopian restaurants, Mexican restaurants, coffee shops, clothing retailers, bookstores, really just creating a cultural hub,” the Colorado native said.

Taylor is the CEO of Green Spaces, a three-person RiNo business that blends coworking with local retail, making its money on memberships and events. He’s leasing two buil

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