In the lease-to-own agreement, the city negotiated to receive $5 million in tenant improvements for 101 Ash. But emails from Thompson show that even that estimate was done with little to no research.

The city of Denver has reached an $88.5 million purchase deal to buy the former Denver Post building at 101 W. Colfax Ave. in downtown Denver, shown in a file photo. The Post moved the last of its ...