A site near Watkins that houses a large CBD manufacturing firm sold for $12 million. The deal included 101.39 acres with 368,147 square feet of industrial and office space at 34501 E. Quincy Ave. in Arapahoe County. The buyer was APPoGee Kazmira LLC. Kazmira LLC is an industrial-scale manufacturer of THC-free CBD oil and isolate…

Development question: Does it make any sense to bring more apartments, offices, retail projects to the Denver area today? “What would I develop?" is an especially intriguing question in the Denver area today, given the number of construction cranes dotting the landscape, rising labor and land costs, and increasing opposition to development from neighborhood groups…

The Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority broke ground recently on a new bioscience building at the Fitzsimons Innovation Community, a major milestone in the development of the 125-acre property, which will house laboratories, apartments, schools and hotels in the years a

Taxi, the mixed-use brainchild of urban pioneer Mickey Zeppelin, not only sparked the Renaissance of RiNo, one of Denver’s trendiest neighborhoods, but it predated it. While the River North Art District traces its roots to 2005, the former Yellow Cab campus at 3507 Ringsby Court first caught the attention of Zeppelin, a pioneer developer in…

Leasing success with big-box industrial space at Centerra in Loveland is leading to construction of a new speculative building that will be larger than its predecessors. Centerra Industrial IV will measure 123,000 square feet. It follows construction of two approximately 84,000-sf buildings that are fully leased. Developer McWhinney will break ground on the Class A…

A team from the University of Denver won the Rocky Mountain Real Estate Challenge Thursday night with plans for a residential-focused development anchored by a senior living campus. The competition spotlighted RK’s 14-acre industrial property at 3800 Xanthia St. in Denver’s Stapleton neighborhood. Given difficult access, the residential surroundings and strong demographics, DU team Odyssey…

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Prologis made a true blockbuster announcement this week when it said it would pay $8.4 billion for Denver-based DCT Industrial Trust. It appears to be the second-largest industrial real estate transaction ever. Ironically, the only bigger industrial deal occurred in 2011, when AMB Property Corp. paid $8.7 billion in stock for the larger Prologis. AMB,…

LBA Realty purchased the Ferguson Enterprises building at 1840 W. Oxford Ave. in Sheridan for $14.82 million. CBRE’s Jim Bolt, Tyler Carner and Jeremy Ballenger represented the seller, Cadence Capital of Greenwood Village. Cadence Capital initially purchased the building in 2017, following the closure of Red & Jerry’s, a sports betting lounge and family entertainment center…

The Ramble Hotel is celebrating its grand opening this week, becoming the first hotel to be unveiled in the River North Art District. The 50-room boutique hotel at 25thand Larimer streets melds a classy, comfortable interior with a brick exterior reminiscent of the warehouses that defined the neighborhood. Gravitas Development, which developed and will operate…