A downtown Denver landlord is staring down roughly $2 million in claims as a long-running cannabis feud on the 16th Street Mall returns to court. The fight centers on the high-visibility storefront that first opened as Euflora and later cycled through other brands. Plaintiff Justin Breton alleges in new filings that building owner Nick Gatchis worked behind the scenes to push JS Investments out of the space and meddled with the company’s day-to-day operations.
According to BusinessDen, Breton claims Gatchis cut his own deal with former partner Scott Rybicki and Jars to edge JS Investments out, threatened eviction and a lockout, and even pulled employees into the dispute. The suit asks a judge to toss a 2024 lease addendum that Breton says Rybicki signed without telling him.
The bad blood dates back to 2024, when Breton sued Rybicki and Jars Holdings after what he describes as a botched sale of Euflora that never truly closed. As reported by Law360, the earlier round of litigation featured countersuits and accusations that the purchase was mishandled from the start…