Steve Ferris, Founder and principal, Real Estate Garage, Denver This the first in the series on Denver’s “Whale Sites,” defined as extremely prominent underdeveloped land parcels whose size and location will influence Denver’s future growth and development. Examples include the Bell Tower site, Aquarium Parking Lots, Burnham Yard, the former Denver Post Printing Site and…

Jefferson County Property Location: North side W. 86th Ave. Parkway, 395’ east of Indiana St. Property Description: Vacant land, plan to build Prestige Preschool Land Size: 1.8448 acres Sales Price: $765,000, or $9.52 per sf Reception No.: 2017025888 Grantor: StoryLine Fellowship Inc. Grantee: PP-Arvada, CO-1-UT, Embree Asset Group, Alison Barclay, mgr., 4747 Williams Drive, Georgetown, TX 78633,…

Developer Michael Forbes Mathieson could write a book. Mathieson, a Denver infill developer, recently posted a flurry of missives on social media sites responding to critics of his $12 million, five-story, 47-unit apartment building under construction in Denver’s increasingly trendy Berkeley neighborhood. From last fall to last month, Mathieson has posted at least 3,422 words…

The Villas at Holly transaction was closed on an all-cash basis in 37 days.

Stonegate, a 350-unit garden-style community on 24 acres at 11815 Ridge Parkway in Broomfield, is Summit Management Services’ first purchase in the Broomfield/ U.S. 36 corridor, an area where it has been pursuing growing its holdings.

For the past 30 years, since the passage of the 1986 Tax Act, the rules for the taxation of commercial real estate are aligned with the economics and fundamentals of the industry. That could all change with legislation that is being considered by the House of Representatives.

If you attended the Colorado Real Estate Journal’s 14th annual Property Management Conference and Expo in February, you likely heard a panel discussion highlighting the careers of an exciting group of young commercial property management professionals. As is typical in this type of panel discussion, the opening question was, “How did you get into this business?” And, as also is typical, the response was generally

Denver County Property Location: 245 Bannock St., Denver Property Description: 15-unit, three-story apt. building w/11,517 sf, YOC 1963, brick construction (11 two-bedroom units and four one-bedroom units) Land Size: 8,875 sf Sales Price: $3.25M, or $216,667 per door, or $282.19 per sf Reception No.: 2017033936 Grantor: 245 Bannock LLC, Daniel J. Longo, mgr. Grantee: Triple J Denver…

Denver County Property Location: 2253-2255 S. Oneida St., Denver Property Description: 45,223-sf, three-story office building, YOC 1983-1999, brick Land Size: 1.76 acres Sales Price: $2.63M, or $58.16 per sf Reception No.: 2017033969 Grantor: American Cancer Society, Colorado Division Inc., Gary M. Reedy, CEO Grantee: Zuni Capital Management LLC, Trevor Pettennude, 303-623-3290 Closing Date: 3/8 Comments: Building constructed in…