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Denver’s biggest office user, WeWork looks to more growth

WeWork experienced head-spinning growth in Denver last year to become the city’s largest occupier of office space. This year could be even bigger. With nearly 700,000 square feet of office space in Denver, the coworking company says it’s on track to grow even more across the region in 2019. It’s already leased 85,000 sf for…

Kris Oppermann Stern

April 18, 2019
Sewall

Sewall, Koelbel legacy continues

Two days after Thanksgiving 2016, developer Walter “Buz” Koelbel’s sister told their 91-year-old mother, Gene, that the new headquarters for the Sewall Child Development Center would be named The Koelbel Building. “My mom was mentally OK, but her body was failing her,” Koelbel recalled. “When my sister told her the Sewall board had voted to…

Kris Oppermann Stern

April 17, 2019
Magnolia Denver

Magnolia Denver unveils major hotel renovation

The Magnolia Denver, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel, has completed a major four-year renovation that included enhancements to meeting spaces, the ballroom, rooms and suites, and public spaces, including the lobby, fitness rooms and Harry's Bar & Grill. The renovation pays homage to the building's roots as the First National Bank building while incorporating modern touches.…

Kris Oppermann Stern

April 16, 2019

Kimose joins Panorama

Veteran commercial real estate broker Eric J. Kimose is not and never has been an elephant hunter. That is, he never sought to sell the big, trophy properties that make headlines. As a brand-new broker with Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office in the mid-1990s, Kimose went to developers and real estate investors with this proposition:…

Kris Oppermann Stern

April 15, 2019

Hotel company pays $44 million for two Littleton Marriotts

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Kris Oppermann Stern

April 14, 2019
260 North

GE Johnson Construction tops out 260 North

GE Johnson Construction Co. recently topped out 260 North Josephine, bringing Cherry Creek North.Owner Elevation Development Group, architect Open Studio Architecture and general contractor GE Johnson have collaborated to deliver this project across multiple zoning boundaries and in an extremely dense work area.

Kris Oppermann Stern

April 14, 2019
5120 and 5140 Race Court

Forum buys food processing/distribution center for $24.5M

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Kris Oppermann Stern

April 14, 2019

RidgeGate turns attention to development east of I-25

After nearly two decades of nonstop development on the west side of Interstate 25, RidgeGate is turning its attention to the east. Starting in 2020, RidgeGate will begin development of what ultimately will be three new residential villages and two mixed-use districts set among more than 1,000 acres of parks, trails and open space. Keith…

Kris Oppermann Stern

April 14, 2019
NAI

NAI lands in Fort Collins

NAI Global, a worldwide network of commercial real estate offices, recently expanded its footprint in Colorado. Chrisland Inc., a successful boutique commercial real estate brokerage, investment and development firm in Fort Collins, joined NAI. Chrisland, founded in 2003, changed its name to Affinity Real Estate Partners Inc. The firm does business as NAI Affinity. “NAI…

Kris Oppermann Stern

April 10, 2019
Albus Brooks

Downtown hotel to be tribute to Denver history

Stonebridge Cos. is going old school with its newest downtown Denver hotel, a building fundamental to the city’s history. “When you agree to embark on an adaptive reuse of this magnitude, it is so important to understand the history and legacy of the site because it’s much more than bricks and mortar. This is truly…

Kris Oppermann Stern

April 9, 2019

Kris Oppermann Stern is publisher and editor of Building Dialogue, a Colorado Real Estate Journal publication, and editor of CREJ's construction, design, and engineering section, including news and bylined articles. Building Dialogue is a quarterly, four-color magazine that caters specifically to the AEC industry, including features on projects and people, as well as covering trends in design, construction, interior design, development and more. Kris joined CREJ as an editor in 1998, after serving as editor of the Colorado Springs Business Journal. Kris earned her Bachelor of Arts, Journalism and Mass Communication, from the University of Colorado at Boulder. When not covering Colorado’s commercial AEC community, she enjoys Pilates, reading, traveling, walking her Golden Retriever and cheering on her hockey-playing son.