A record number of hotel rooms will be added to the Denver area hotel market this year. The market is poised to add 3,500 to 3,800 hotel rooms this year, according to Bob Benton, principal of Robert S. Benton Associates. That is about 1,000 more rooms than were added in 2015 and 2016, combined. “We’re…

Last year was the Year of the Monkey, according to the Chinese zodiac. But in Denver, 2016 was the Year of the Multifamily. The multifamily industry in the Denver area was one for the record books last year. More than $4.5 billion in apartments traded hands in 2016, according to Jeff Hawks, vice chairman of…

“Leaders often keep secrets because they believe others will find it difficult to understand the basis for their leadership success or failure. They believe others will scoff at the simplicity or complexity of their leadership style or criticize their work ethic. Many leaders find it even harder to share their secret fears, weaknesses and self-doubts…

Denver seems to be getting a bad rap for new ugly buildings.

Studios rule. Not Hollywood movie studios, but studio apartments. At least that is the perspective of Daren B. Schmidt, a managing partner at Greenwood Village-based Allante Properties. Online inquiries for studios account for about 25 percent of studio apartments, Schmidt noted. But only 4 percent to 5 percent of the apartments in the Denver area…

Forget about going for the Gold. That is so 2009. Hines and Invesco Real Estate recently unveiled that 1515 Wynkoop has moved up a notch to Platinum. The Class A office building that shares its name with its address, opened in 2009 as a Gold LEED certified building. 1515 Wynkoop has a Platinum LEED certification.…

Like a lot of people, Mike Harms was thrilled last year when the Chicago Cubs won the World Series. Harms had a bit of a different reason to cheer the Cubs ending its 108-year championship drought, though. Before returning to Denver, almost exactly a year go, Harms had played a key role in the $575…

"Greenwashing" is defined as fake news that exaggerates environmental claims. There is plenty of washing going on at Gleam, but there is no greenwashing in what may be the most environmentally friendly car wash in the nation. I told Emilie Baratta that I noticed a press release states that Gleam is the greenest car wash…

Economic development guru Tom Clark was worried that when recreational marijuana could legally be sold in Colorado, it would snuff out the strong economic surge sweeping the Front Range. “We were terrified,” said Clark, the CEO of the Metro Denver Economic Development Corp., a post he will be leaving when he retires in March. Clark…

A recent front page headline in the Wall Street Journal read: "Mall Owners Rush to Get Out of the Mall Business." The article compared the current state of the mall ownership business to the recent housing crash. Another nationwide report, the 2017 Emerging Trends, from the Urban Land Institute ranked regional malls dead last of…