Winners of the 2017 Mayor’s Design Awards showcased an eclectic mix of commercial, residential and events that help to shape Denver's urban fabric.. The 16 winners included office buildings, restaurants, retailers and homes. “We are here to celebrate the projects that are getting it right,” Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock said about the winners in…

Life insurance companies increasingly are a better option than Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac for investors buying apartment buildings, according to veteran mortgage banker Peter Keepper. Freddie and Fannie, known as government sponsored enterprises, or GSEs, have been the single biggest lenders for multifamily acquisitions in Denver and across the U.S. in recent years. Keepper…

Absorption. The late George Wallace, founder of the Denver Tech Center, told me in the 1980s that the absorption rate was the single most important metric for measuring the health of a real estate market. That was an era when Denver’s economy was being hammered by a drop in oil prices and changes in tax…

Traditionally, retail design predominantly was an execution of market-driven formulas. Location is critical, access is slightly more critical, visibility is key, parking needs to be at the front door and everyone makes

I grew up with three brothers, so the first question we asked when we got home from school was, “What’s for dinner?” Today, for many families, it’s, “Where should we go for dinner?” My parents took us out to

A Monarch Park office building that a tenant outgrew sold to a local investor who is offering it for lease. Monarch Offices LLC recently paid $4.3 million, or $109.37 per square foot, for the 39,317-sf building at 6309 Monarch Park Place in Niwot. MUM II LLC sold the building, which Wilen Direct is vacating, in…

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Two retail trends are shaping how the city of Brighton and Adams County prepare for future development and community growth while honoring the agriculture backbone that has defined much of the area’s culture

When our team purchased the Colorado franchise rights to Newk’s Eatery in December 2015, the retail market was hot. A year later, when we started researching sites, Denver’s market was on fire – a landlord’s

Real estate investors and 1031 exchange buyers continue to gravitate toward single-tenant net lease properties as these properties typically offer long-term leases, minimal management responsibilities and