Brinkman Acquires Marriott Brand Hotel in Parker
As part of their long-term investment strategy in Parker, real estate development and investment company, Brinkman, acquired a flagship hospitality asset last week. In partnership with Utah-based developer Colmena Group, the companies purchased the 66,641-square-foot SpringHill Suites by Marriott located off North Pine Lane and Silverado Drive. The upscale hotel …
Saunders to Build 264-Unit Apartment Project in Greeley
Saunders Commercial Development Company has received $43.2 million in structured construction financing for the development of its latest project, Ten West Greeley Apartments, a 264-unit, Class A, garden-style multi-housing property in Greeley. The Ten West Greeley Apartments project — designed by Denver-based EVStudio — is being developed on a 10.15-acre site at …
Construction Update: McGregor Square (PHOTOS)
By Katie Rapone, editor of Mile High CRE. Last week, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Colorado provided a first-hand look of one of Denver’s most eagerly awaited projects: McGregor Square. Named in honor of the Rockies’ late president, Keli S. McGregor, the project is expected to reenergize LoDo upon its completion in January 2021. Project …
City of Denver to Select Design/Build Contractor for 16th Street Mall Project
Denver’s plan to reconstruct the 16th Street Mall recently took a major step forward, with the completion of the project’s environmental phase. The City and County of Denver and project partners the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Regional Transportation District (RTD), Denver Urban Renewal Authority (DURA), and Downtown Denver Partnership (DDP) …
Class A Industrial/Flex Campus EDGE 470 Breaks Ground
Colorado-based Etkin Johnson Real Estate Partners broke ground today on Phase I of EDGE 470, a new 334,000-square-foot Class A industrial/flex campus located near E-470 and Chambers Road in Parker. Slated for completion in Q3 2020, Phase I includes the development of two approximately 80,000-square-foot buildings on 12.8 acres. Additional …
Brinkman Celebrates Start of Fort Collins Church Expansion
It wasn’t your typical groundbreaking at The Genesis Project in northeast Fort Collins. Brinkman Construction gathered with design partners and the congregation for a prayer to celebrate the groundbreaking of the church’s renovation and expansion at 400 South Link Lane. This expansion comes five years after the original 7,400-square-foot renovation …
Transforming the Experience of Project Work with Lean
By Susan Pratt Reinhardt, AIA, associate principal, Lean Project Consulting, Inc. A construction project is an organization composed of approximately 600 individual companies (including suppliers) with separate contracts, fees and scopes of work, invented to build a single, very expensive product that is then instantly disbanded. It should be no surprise that …
Design Build Institute of America, Rocky Mountain Region Contributing Design and Construction Services to Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver
The Design Build Institute of America, Rocky Mountain Region (DBIA-RMR) will donate design and construction services to Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver to make needed improvements to the organization’s Johnson Boys & Girls Club in the West Colfax neighborhood. More than $30,000 worth of professional and construction services …
Third Quarter Construction Economics: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
For the third quarter of 2019, the Marcum Commercial Construction Index finds the construction industry in overall good health as 2020 approaches, despite some causes for concern. Entitled The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, the report is produced by Marcum LLP’s Construction Services Group. The Good On the positive side, …
Denver Developer Planning 342-Unit Condo Project in Arapahoe Square Closes on Land
According to public records, Denver-based Ubuntu Partners purchased 838 Park Avenue West and 2250 Champa St. in Arapahoe Square on Friday, for 5.5 million. The developer is planning to build one of Denver’s largest condo projects that will also aim for net-zero certification. Ubuntu Partners is a new development firm …