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1050 Walnut

Downtown Boulder buildings fetch $101.25 million

JP Morgan closed a blockbuster deal in downtown Boulder with the $101.25 million acquisition of three office buildings. The portfolio included 1050 Walnut, Canyon Center at 1881 19th St. and 1900 15th St. The seller was Blackstone Group, which spun off the buildings from an approximately $2 billion portfolio it bought last year. 16 Feb…

Kris Oppermann Stern

June 19, 2017
Missing middle

Missing middle focus of CREJ affordable housing conference

A half-day affordable housing conference on June 20 will address one of the the most challenging aspects of the Denver area’s housing market, where the average price of a home sold is approaching $500,000. The “missing middle” population will be a key of the 2017 Affordable Housing Development & Finance Conference & Expo, which will…

Kris Oppermann Stern

June 14, 2017
Boulder portfolio

Boulder office building portfolio trades for $101.25 million

JP Morgan closed a blockbuster deal in downtown Boulder with the $101.25 million acquisition of three office buildings. The portfolio included 1050 Walnut, Canyon Center at 1881 19th St., and 1900 15th St. The seller was Blackstone Group, which spun off the buildings from an approximately $2 billion portfolio it bought last year. “This is…

Kris Oppermann Stern

June 13, 2017
condo

Condo development conference on tap

Condo construction cheer. Every apartment developer, broker and analysts I have ever spoken to has been dismayed by the lack of for-sale condominium developments in the Denver area in recent years. That may surprise those not in the industry, as the lack of condo construction has removed a competitor for the wave of high-end apartment…

Kris Oppermann Stern

June 13, 2017
industrial building

Amazon to develop 2.4 million-square-foot center

Amazon is working with Trammell Crow Co. to develop a 2.4 million-square-foot, three-story fulfillment and robotics center in Thornton that would be the biggest building built in Colorado. The building is being planned for about 80 acres at the northeast corner of Interstate 25 and 144th Avenue.  Construction is set to begin in early June…

Kris Oppermann Stern

June 12, 2017
daycare

Daycare center kismet

Lore has it that clients of McKinley & Hill Antiques included Ralph Lauren, Hugh Hefner and Oprah. The after-hour “sherry hour” soirees in the establishment that among other things sports an indoor, 12-foot-deep swimming pool in Wheat Ridge, were as legendary as the clients of the proprietors, Bud Hill and Matt McKinley. McKinley died about…

Kris Oppermann Stern

June 6, 2017
5500 S. Quebec St.

Northstar lands 62,214-square-foot headquarters tenant in DTC bldg.

Air Methods, an air medical transport company, has leased 62,214 square feet of office space in Greenwood Village for its corporate headquarters. The company will move its offices and employees to Northstar Commercial Partners’ 5500 S. Quebec St. building, located in the Denver Tech Center. Northstar acquired the 204,945-sf building in 2015 and has continued…

Kris Oppermann Stern

June 5, 2017
21301 E. 33rd Drive

First Industrial buys 181,348 sf in Aurora for $11.15 million

First Industrial Realty Trust Inc. added 181,348 square feet to its Denver industrial portfolio with an $11.15 million acquisition in Aurora. First Industrial bought the Sherwin-Williams Co. distribution facility at 21301 E. 33rd Drive from Coach Real Estate LLC, a Kwal-Howells family partnership. It restructured a lease with Sherwin-Williams that now runs through 2022. “We’re…

Kris Oppermann Stern

June 5, 2017
3890 Windermere

1031 buyer pays $12.67 million for Englewood industrial bldg.

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Kris Oppermann Stern

June 5, 2017

Industrial developers see potential on I-25 north corridor

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Kris Oppermann Stern

June 5, 2017

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.