Grants, loans available from CO Division of Housing
The Colorado Division of Housing is part of the Department of Local Affairs and was created by statute in 1970 to improve access for all Coloradans to decent, affordable housing. DOH assists local communities in
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May 18, 2018Life companies aggressively seek multifamily
Life insurance companies continue to show a strong appetite for commercial mortgages as a piece of their investment allocation. In 2017, life insurance companies originated over $61 billion of commercial mortgage
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May 17, 2018Antero Bridge: Not Your Ordinary Weekend Project
If you’ve spent time near Denver’s Union Station recently, you may have noticed a new pedestrian bridge spanning two adjacent buildings. Unlike most construction projects, the Antero Pedestrian Bridge was erected quickly in nearly finished form, coming together over the course of a single weekend in October. What took just two days to complete was the culmination of months of effort and creative problem-solving.
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May 14, 2018Creative financing paves way for social impact
Colorado has an urgent need for permanent supportive housing serving the most vulnerable among us, particularly the homeless. In Denver, no new homeless shelters have been built from the ground up since the
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May 13, 2018Municipalities get creative for affordable housing
A recent Colorado Mesa University poll showed that residents across the state call housing affordability the biggest issue facing their communities. Many Colorado municipalities and counties – rural, mountain,
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May 12, 2018The developer’s dilemma: Preserving the 15-minute community
Threading the needle at 60 miles per hour is a decent metaphor for the increasing challenges of real estate development in the Front Range of Colorado. Bedeviled by labor shortages, materials cost increases, recently
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May 11, 2018Internet of Things: It’s Worth the Investment
In his seminal 1998 work “The Information Paradox,” author John Thorpe pinpointed the difficulty in justifying the real business benefits of information technology spending. Business owners know they have to utilize emerging technology, even if identifying and measuring its value can’t always be fully realized. Hence, the paradox.
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May 7, 2018Retail projects need carefully curated tenant mix
The retail landscape is constantly changing. We continue to see an evolution in the way we use and interact with retail. Gone are the days of transactional, one-size-fits-all retail. Experiential-driven retail and food and
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May 7, 2018Food halls’ impact on Denver dining is undeniable
In Denver, it seems, the food hall is king. The metro area is currently home to six food hall concepts: Avanti F&B, Denver Central Market, The Source, Zeppelin Station Market Hall and Union Station in the city of Denver,
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May 7, 2018Teavana lawsuit ruling is not a fix for all centers
A recent decision in the Simon Property Group L.P. v. Starbucks Corporation case prevented Starbucks from shuttering 77 of its Teavana stores in Simon-owned or -managed properties. While this decision has made
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