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A guide to Colorado-specific laws in retail leases

Behind every successful retail relationship is a carefully negotiated lease. I am not saying this just because I’m a leasing attorney (OK, maybe partly). A lease agreement inherently guides the operation of a retail space. When

CREJ

November 9, 2018

Coworking: Coming to a center near you?

With an estimated 43 percent of the U.S. labor force working remotely at least some of the time and the sharing economy in full swing, it seems that shared office space is the next major opportunity in real estate. In fact,

CREJ

November 5, 2018

Opportunity Zones: A pot of gold at the end of 10 years

In 2007, 28-year-old Sean Parker held a personal stake in Facebook bigger than the annual gross domestic product of France. Using his credential as a co-founder of Napster, Parker wrangled a meeting with a young Mark

CREJ

November 5, 2018

Sears bankruptcy leads industry to a crossroads

When Sears filed Chapter 11 protection on Oct. 15, the typical churn of media headlines and shopping center doom-and-gloom news cycle began anew. Quicker than it started, however, it spun, and the coverage began to

CREJ

November 4, 2018

Senior facilities: Operator management agreements

Changing demographics and an aging population mean that the number of seniors in Colorado, and nationally, is growing. With that growth comes an increased need for housing options that both appeal to and provide for the needs of the senior population, which has in turn prompted more real estate developers and investors to enter the market to build and own senior living facilities.

CREJ

October 28, 2018

Wheat Ridge, Castle Rock earn top EDC honors

The Economic Development Council of Colorado announced the 2018 EDIE award recipients, recognizing economic development excellence during its annual Drive|Lead|Succeed Conference at The Ridgeline Hotel. “Many aspects of Colorado’s economic success can be attributed to the hard work, dedication, and contributions of communities, institutions and individuals that our awardees represent,” said Jeremy Riemann, EDCC board…

CREJ

October 28, 2018

A smart approach to powering today’s health care

The days of managing health care facility operations through antiquated systems are being replaced with IT-centric facility managers monitoring IoT field devices and leveraging analytics in more complex and transformational ways.

CREJ

October 21, 2018

Designing biophilia in senior living communites

Biophilic design promotes elements that allow the outdoor natural world to be brought inside, or provide views to the outside and access to sunlight from within.

CREJ

October 21, 2018

Best practices in solar financing for building operators

If someone came up to you (hopefully someone you know, not someone off the street) and told you that you could lock in your energy prices for your building for the next 20 years at a lower rate than what is charged by

CREJ

October 21, 2018

Northern Colorado lease rates on the rise

CBRE: The first half of the year sees rising lease rates in Northern Colorado's office and industrial sectors, while retail development flourishes Rising lease rates was a common theme across all of Northern Colorado’s commercial real estate sectors, according to CBRE’snewly released first half of 2018 MarketView reports. But while the office and industrial markets…

CREJ

October 15, 2018

Edited by the Colorado Real Estate Journal staff.