1920s-style jazz club to open in LoDo

This story first ran on BusinessDen.com, a BizWest news partner.

DENVER — A Denver real estate broker and self-proclaimed music lover is dancing to a new tune. 

Pete Foster of Madison Commercial Properties was just representing a long-term client, Yimaj “Steve” Kalifa, in a $4.4 million deal to buy the building at 1448 Market St. when he developed a vision for a 1920s-style jazz club in the space. Kalifa told him to run with it. 

“It started as a real estate deal, and this is my baby now,” Foster said. 

Foster said Kalifa gave him full creative control, resulting in Orchid Denver, which…