The Denver Post continues to play hardball with Denver.

The newspaper didn’t pay December rent for the 101 W. Colfax Ave. building, marking the fifth month in a row of not ponying up.

The newspaper now owes over $3 million to the city, which bought the 11-story building in April 2024 .

“The city is continuing to work this as a legal matter with the tenant and will not have more to share until this is resolved,” said Laura Swartz, a spokeswoman for the city’s finance department.

The Post has vacated the building but has a lease for all 305,000 square feet. The lease runs through October 2029 and calls for The Post to pay about $650,000 a month.

The Post, which never owned the building, said in an October article that it has offered to buy out its lease.

City officials cited the Post’s

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