Denver's retail scene stacks up well compared to other trendy cities across the country. The latest CBRE retail report compared Denver, by a number of metrics, to other cities as well as to the U.S. “Compared to peer markets, Denver’s retail growth is reasonable and its absorption of space is hearty,” according to the CBRE…

JJK Places, a “hybrid” development company, hopes to do well by doing good. JJK Places, a “social impact real estate” development and consulting company, is headed by veteran real estate developer Will Kralovec. Before founding JJK and serving as its president and managing partner, Kralovec was the director of master site development at the Denver…

The three main commercial real estate food groups – office, industrial and retail – this year added what is believed to be a record 12.8 million square feet. Those are the preliminary numbers crunched by economist Patty Silverstein. “That is huge, absolutely huge,” said Silverstein, president and chief economist of Development Research Partners. Silverstein, who is…

More than two years ago, addressing 550 real estate experts attending a Colorado Real Estate Journal multifamily conference, Marcel Arsenault predicted the next recession in the United States would take place in 2019. Arsenault, chairman, CEO and founder of Real Capital Solutions,  correctly predicted the Great Recession. Real Capital Solutions is one of the largest privately…

Opportunity zones can spell opportunity for real estate investors and developers in Colorado and nationwide. Congress created opportunity zones last year to jump-start economic growth in low-income and other neglected areas. Interest in the program really started to perk up after the Treasury Department issued guidelines in October on the program, which offers tax incentives…

Winter Park is at ground zero of a development blitz. Developments that are either about to take off or are on the drawing board are expected to put the ski resort that serves the Front Range on the map. What is happening at Winter Park reminds developer Walter “Buz” Koelbel of the growth around Union Station…

Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for all of your blessings…and to eat too much turkey! One thing is for certain, though. Denver’s commercial real estate market is no turkey. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I thought a holiday Rebchook Real Estate Corner column should be on the table. With a nod to…

Since David O. Larson launched his storied career as a retail broker, the Denver area’s population has almost doubled, rising by 92.56 percent. The days of Denver being known as  "cow town," are in the rearview mirror since Larson began his retail career in 1982 at SullivanHayes Cos. And Amazon was just a river during…

Steam on the Platte, the Ramble Hotel and the Punch Bowl Social in Stapleton are among the 17 eclectic projects that are being honored as winners of the 2018 Mayor’s Design Awards. Mayor Michael B. Hancock on Thursday night honored the projects for excellence in architecture, design and placemaking. About 200 people attended the award…

Firmspace, a luxury coworking suite concept, with little fanfare planted it Denver flag on the entire 16th floor at the Class A office tower at 1401 Lawrence St. “We opened in June without any premarketing or preleasing,” said Kristin Kirk, the hospitality director for Austin, Texas-based Firmspace. Firmspace picked Denver as its first city outside of…