{"id":384,"date":"2026-05-15T04:05:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T04:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=384"},"modified":"2026-05-15T04:05:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T04:05:03","slug":"gun-shop-owner-objects-to-bill-increase-after-broncos-become-his-landlord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=384","title":{"rendered":"Gun shop owner objects to bill increase after Broncos become his landlord"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…<\/strong><\/div>\n
\n

After a shopping spree for real estate around Burnham Yard, where a new stadium is planned, the Denver Broncos have landlord-tenant issues.<\/p>\n

Read more Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, while lawsuit plays out<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like billion-dollar companies taking advantage of middle-class people. I\u2019m paycheck to paycheck,\u201d said Alec Henkelman.<\/p>\n

The Army combat veteran owns High Country Armory at 785 Vallejo St., a building the Broncos bought in January. His business is being told to pay 20% more per month to the new landlord, according to JLL, which has stepped in as property manager.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way I understand it is, the Broncos bought it, and the people they put in charge are doing this,\u201d Henkelman said.<\/p>\n

Henkelman\u2019s lease expires at the end of the year. His monthly base rent is just under $2,600, and he had been paying about $1,000 in additional expenses. The \u201ctriple-net\u201d lease he signed with the previous owner, which is common for commercial space, stipulates that he\u2019s responsible for paying 20% of the building\u2019s taxes, insurance and maintenance.<\/p>\n

Now, Henkelman is being asked to pay an additional $700 for those items. That adds up to an extra $8,000 over the year, which he refuses to pay.<\/p>\n

\u201cI try not to cut hours, cut employees. I want to take care of my guys. But that\u2019s what that could mean. That\u2019s one dude\u2019s weekly salary,\u201d Henkelman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it\u2019s the Broncos and we\u2019re talking about eight grand on the year, why don\u2019t we just ask Bo Nix to take an $8,000 cut?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

In a phone call that Henkelman had with JLL, which he shared with BusinessDen, the property manager explained that the increase came as a result of a new building maintenance budget it created. The JLL staffer also reiterated that it was building expenses, not base rent, that was increasing.<\/p>\n

Henkelman said it felt like \u201cbad business.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis feels like you\u2019re manipulating the lease, and you\u2019re taking advantage of three tenants in your building, increasing their overall rent pay by 20%,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Read more Man dies in fall from Second Flatiron near Boulder<\/a><\/p>\n

Henkelman told BusinessDen that he had a verbal agreement with the previous landlord that his triple-net payments wouldn\u2019t change over the duration of his lease.<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

JLL did not respond to a request for comment. The Broncos, who have yet to directly acknowledge any real estate transactions in the area, did the same with this property.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are unable to confirm any of the real estate activity associated with this LLC,\u201d Broncos spokesman Patrick Smyth said via email.<\/p>\n

SNCC LLC purchased the 10,800-square-foot building on 0.4 acres at 781-785 Vallejo St. for $2.2 million. Details of the transaction match others the team has recently completed nearby, like paying for the property in cash, using a lawyer associated with its other deals and forming the nondescript buying entity in late 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re under the impression [that it was the Broncos], but we can\u2019t confirm that,\u201d Kaufman Hagan broker Zachary Bierman, who represented the seller in the deal, told BusinessDen in January.<\/p>\n

At a BusinessDen event in March, Broncos General Counsel Tim Aragon acknowledged that the team was buying property along Eighth Avenue, where Henkelman\u2019s shop is located.<\/p>\n

Aragon said those deals are due to the road being \u201cthe front door\u201d to the stadium district.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the things that existed in those properties might not be things that we wanted,\u201d he said, referencing a marijuana grow house across the street from the gun store.<\/p>\n

Read more Downed powerlines delay traffic in south Denver metro<\/a><\/p>\n

Henkelman, meanwhile, says he plans to buy a building elsewhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m trying to buy a building and get the f\u2013 out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Read more from our partner, BusinessDen.<\/em><\/p>\n

Get more business news by signing up for our Economy Now newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The owner of High Country Armory near Burnham Yard is being asked to pay 20% more per month after the Denver Broncos purchased its building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"yoast_head":"\nGun shop owner objects to bill increase after Broncos become his landlord - Colorado Springs Moverss<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=384\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gun shop owner objects to bill increase after Broncos become his landlord - Colorado Springs Moverss\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The owner of High Country Armory near Burnham Yard is being asked to pay 20% more per month after the Denver Broncos purchased its building.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=384\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Colorado Springs Moverss\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-15T04:05:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b5fdf480f523b17c7b18974d998b4208.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=384#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=384\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4857af3bff7f66cee0c97667a8e70c1c\"},\"headline\":\"Gun shop owner objects to bill increase after Broncos become his landlord\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-15T04:05:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=384\"},\"wordCount\":658,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=384#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/b5fdf480f523b17c7b18974d998b4208.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Business\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=384#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=384\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=384\",\"name\":\"Gun shop owner objects to bill increase after Broncos become his landlord - Colorado Springs Moverss\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=384#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=384#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/b5fdf480f523b17c7b18974d998b4208.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-15T04:05:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4857af3bff7f66cee0c97667a8e70c1c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=384#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=384\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=384#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/b5fdf480f523b17c7b18974d998b4208.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/b5fdf480f523b17c7b18974d998b4208.webp\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":768},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=384#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gun shop owner objects to bill increase after Broncos become his landlord\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Colorado Springs Moverss\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4857af3bff7f66cee0c97667a8e70c1c\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gun shop owner objects to bill increase after Broncos become his landlord - Colorado Springs Moverss","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=384","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gun shop owner objects to bill increase after Broncos become his landlord - Colorado Springs Moverss","og_description":"The owner of High Country Armory near Burnham Yard is being asked to pay 20% more per month after the Denver Broncos purchased its building.","og_url":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=384","og_site_name":"Colorado Springs Moverss","article_published_time":"2026-05-15T04:05:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":768,"url":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b5fdf480f523b17c7b18974d998b4208.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=384#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=384"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4857af3bff7f66cee0c97667a8e70c1c"},"headline":"Gun shop owner objects to bill increase after Broncos become his landlord","datePublished":"2026-05-15T04:05:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=384"},"wordCount":658,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=384#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b5fdf480f523b17c7b18974d998b4208.webp","articleSection":["Business"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=384#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=384","url":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=384","name":"Gun shop owner objects to bill increase after Broncos become his landlord - Colorado Springs Moverss","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=384#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=384#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b5fdf480f523b17c7b18974d998b4208.webp","datePublished":"2026-05-15T04:05:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4857af3bff7f66cee0c97667a8e70c1c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=384#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=384"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=384#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b5fdf480f523b17c7b18974d998b4208.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b5fdf480f523b17c7b18974d998b4208.webp","width":1024,"height":768},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=384#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gun shop owner objects to bill increase after Broncos become his landlord"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/","name":"Colorado Springs Moverss","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4857af3bff7f66cee0c97667a8e70c1c","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com"],"url":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}