A pair of unrelated lawsuits claim contractor MW Golden, of Castle Rock, was negligent, fraudulent and a bad partner on workforce housing apartments in Breckenridge and Frisco.
The first lawsuit comes from town of Breckenridge, filed in Summit County district court in late November. It claims MW Golden used a Silverthorne sub-contractor, A.L. Plumbing, to install a faulty HVAC system at workforce apartments, known as “Ullr Apartments,” on Airport Road.
The apartments were finished in 2023. Since then, the town reports heating has been unreliable, forcing residents to rely on space heaters in the dead of winter. This faulty equipment delayed move-in for months.
Breckenridge believes contractors cut corners with incorrect piping, materials, valves and installation.
The town wants a jury to decide how much it is owed.
Also named in the suit is a Louisville company, McCoy Sales and McCoy Service, and the HVAC manufacturer itself, LG Electronics USA. Next hearing is a case management conference on April 16.
More recently, this February, town of Frisco filed a civil lawsuit in district court against MW Golden for the town’s joint workforce project on Granite Street with Colorado Department of Transportation.
There, Frisco accuses MW Golden and its owner, Jason Golden, of shady business practices to eke the most from a government contract. The town claims fraud, breach of contract and more, for an undisclosed amount.
Those 22 apartments, known as Granite Park, were recently finished but not yet occupied. MW Golden and the town used $1.5 million in state grant money through DOLA, the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, set aside for “innovative housing opportunities.”
Next hearing in Frisco is not yet publicly available, via the Colorado courts website.