While Denver’s economy – and rental rates for office space – remain strong, the office market saw negative absorption in the first quarter of the year, largely due to sublease space becoming vacant, according to JLL’s Office Insight summary. The average direct asking rate for office space in the Denver metro continued to climb in…

Vacancies in self-storage properties in the Denver metro area and nationally will continue to decrease and rents will climb, according to Marcus & Millichap’s recently released 2016 Self-Storage Investment Forecast. The report says after three years of near-level vacancy in the Denver market, a drop of 110 basis points to 9.2 percent is expected by…

Marcus & Millichap has launched an annual hospitality investment forecast for 16 regions nationwide, including the Mountain West. Highlights of the inaugural report are: Moderate but steady wage growth is converging with lower gas prices to support leisure trips that require a hotel stay in 2016. Growth in key hospitality performance indicators will likely moderate…

Denver ranked among the top 10 markets in the Americas for commercial real estate investment in 2016, according to a new report by CBRE Inc. The CBRE Americas Investor Intentions Survey 2016 captured investment sentiment and expected activity of nearly 500 investors focused on the Americas. Most expect to remain very active this year in…

Strong employment growth, decreasing vacancies and rising rents indicate a positive 2016 retail market, as demographic trends attract investors to the area, according to Marcus & Millichap. Marcus & Millichap’s 2016 Retail Investment Forecast provides these Denver observations:

Plentiful capital, attractive market fundamentals and low interest rates contributed to more than $10.3 billion in Denver commercial real estate transactions during 2015, and 2016 should be another solid year for investments, according to CBRE Inc.