A couple years ago, the Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC began examining the cybersecurity industry and quickly identified it as a major emphasis area for the future. A city vision was formed for Colorado Springs to become a cybersecurity capital within the United States.

Food-service equipment supplier BSI leased a 117,000-square-foot building at Hub 25, a new Class A industrial park at 601 E. 64th Ave. in Denver. BSI is widely recognized for manufacturing “ZGuards,” food shields used in restaurants and cafeterias, and also provides counter systems, sinks/floor troughs, carts and many other food display or merchandising systems to restaurants nationally. Tyler Carner and Jeremy Ballenger,…

A record number of hotel rooms will be added to the Denver area hotel market this year. The market is poised to add 3,500 to 3,800 hotel rooms this year, according to Bob Benton, principal of Robert S. Benton Associates. That is about 1,000 more rooms than were added in 2015 and 2016, combined. “We’re…

Last year was the Year of the Monkey, according to the Chinese zodiac. But in Denver, 2016 was the Year of the Multifamily. The multifamily industry in the Denver area was one for the record books last year. More than $4.5 billion in apartments traded hands in 2016, according to Jeff Hawks, vice chairman of…

“Leaders often keep secrets because they believe others will find it difficult to understand the basis for their leadership success or failure. They believe others will scoff at the simplicity or complexity of their leadership style or criticize their work ethic. Many leaders find it even harder to share their secret fears, weaknesses and self-doubts…

Denver seems to be getting a bad rap for new ugly buildings.

Leading commercial real estate investor Chad Brue and top investment sales broker Geoff Baukol have teamed up to form Brue Baukol Capital Partners. Brue, a former CBRE senior executive, founded Brue Capital Partners in Denver in 2011, assembling and developing a portfolio of industrial, multifamily, office, resort and mixed-use properties. Baukol brings more than 17…

A local company that is developing industrial projects across the country is launching its first Denver development. Englewood-based Huntington Industrial Partners, founded by former Prologis President and CEO John Seiple in 2010, is developing 249,505 square feet of Class A distribution space on 20 acres at the interchange of Interstate 25 and East 58th Avenue.…

Roth Sheppard Architects was selected to design the Fort Worth Police Department Sixth Patrol District Substation and the city of Thornton Fire Station No. 6 and Police Substation led by partner-in-charge Brian Berryhill, as well as the new Police and Courts Facility for Firestone.

A Utah-based family investment group secured a Class A industrial building in Arvada for $6.5 million, or $131.25 per square foot. Located on 3.06 acres at 5525 W. 56th Ave. in Arvada, the 49,524-sf building is fully leased to four tenants, including Water Remediation Technology LLC, which does work nationwide. Aspen Grove Holdings LLC, a…