Fitness gets retail back in shape
It seems that everyone still is trying to find the next big thing for retail. Some landlords focus on assembling food halls, others look at a range of entertainment concepts from virtual reality to axe-throwing.
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November 3, 2019So, you want to be a mixed-use developer?
As the population grows and land gets more expensive to develop, mixed-use projects are going to be the means of new development in the future.
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August 9, 2019The Great Recession, the great expansion and Colorado retail investment real estate
Since the end of the Great Recession (2008-2009) and the start of the great expansion (second half 2009), anyone fortunate enough to count themselves a commercial real estate professional in Colorado has benefited.
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August 2, 2019Is charging traditional per-square-foot rent over?
Webster’s dictionary defines rent as “a usually fixed periodical return made by a tenant or occupant of property to the owner for the possession and use thereof especially: an agreed sum paid at fixed intervals by a tenant to the landlord.”
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August 2, 2019As uncertainty looms, retail investors seek to lock more than just interest rate
We’ve entered this year’s second half, and 2020 is right around the corner. As a fresh decade approaches and we reflect on the former, two major themes stand out. First, the current economic expansion, which our industry continues to enjoy, has now lasted over a decade. Second, retail is far from dead, but it has…
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August 2, 2019International cuisines, food halls lead dining trends
As the Colorado restaurant industry expands and adapts to diners’ evolving palates, it’s become all about ethnic food. Denver’s population has grown by over 100,000 people over the last seven years,
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May 6, 2019Discipline ushers in strengthened retail market
Denver’s retail real estate environment has never been healthier, regardless of media coverage about e-commerce and its impact on retail. Retail rents in our market have increased since mid-2014 at a
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May 3, 2019Tips to design retail space for any future tenant
Unless you are working for a specific client in a build-to-suit situation, building retail space can feel like a guessing game. How do you create a core-and-shell building that is the most appealing to the
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April 29, 2019Where have all the boxes gone?
In recent years, the retail industry has been abuzz with feverish talk of the Amazon effect, the retail apocalypse, and the end of brick and mortar. Despite the hype, small-shop leasing has stayed on
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April 27, 2019Investor sentiments and trends in retail real estate
Posting a year-over-year increase in transaction volumes, it appears the consecutive decline in retail real estate trades has turned the corner. After surviving a few years of negative headlines and threats
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February 11, 2019