
CRE Trends: Limiting Exposure to CRE Cyber Risk
By: Mandy Brown The underlying question for cybersecurity in the workplace is no longer “will you be hacked?” but rather “when will you be hacked?” As real estate organizations respond to the demand to be interconnected and embrace technology in their developments and within their organizations, they are also exposing …

Federal Regulators Cautioning the Backing of Commercial Real Estate Loans
View here In order to influence banks to strengthen loan terms, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is cautioning commercial real estate industry lenders. Small U.S. banks are affected the most, especially after the Federal Reserve indicated earlier this summer that prices in the …

CRE Trends: Financing Development Deals in an Uncertain Environment
By: Danielle Feroleto If the commercial real estate market agrees on one thing, it is that the financing market is experiencing continued ups, downs and regulatory changes that will continue to impact the ability for deals to secure funding. While the first half of 2016 can be characterized as very …

Largest Individual Spec Industrial/Warehouse Ever Built in SE Denver Coming to Centennial
Denver, CO —Newmark Grubb Knight Frank (NGKF) announces the development of a new 55-acre Class A office and industrial project, Encompass Business Park (Encompass). The development is located in Centennial, CO, on South Blackhawk Street, between East Arapahoe Road and East Fremont Avenue. Central Development (Central), a Colorado based, family-owned …

DBJ Crane Watch Updated
View here The Denver Business Journal’s Crane Watch was recently updated to include several new projects including the one pictured here – Flight, the $50 million office project by Zeppelin Development. Rendering by Dynia Architects, courtesy of Zeppelin Development

Gardner Capital Development Awarded Colorado Low Income Housing Tax Credits for Affordable Housing Targeted to Homeless Youth
Boulder, CO – The Colorado Housing and Finance Authority has awarded a reservation of 9 percent low-income housing tax credits to Gardner Capital Development for the creation of a 40-unit affordable housing community targeted to transition-age youth (age 18-24 years at time of entry) who are experiencing homelessness, aging out of foster care, and are victims …

Dynia Architects Receives AIA Western Mountain Region Design Excellence Merit Award for FREIGHT RESIDENCES at TAXI
Denver, CO – Dynia Architects, an architectural design firm with offices in Denver, CO and Jackson, WY earns an accolade for their work in the River North Arts District (RiNo) in Denver, with the receipt of the AIA Western Mountain Region (WMR) Design Excellence Merit Award for FREIGHT RESIDENCES at …

Affordable Housing Fund Approved by Denver City Council
View here The Denver City Council voted to approve the $150 million affordable housing fund this week. No public vote was needed to raise property taxes. Photo: Stapleton Affordable Housing project by Northeast Denver Housing Center, Palace Construction & Cunningham Group Architecture; Photography by The Unfound Door

Denver 7th Biggest Increase Hotel Room Construction Reported in RLB Crane Index Report
Denver, CO – Crane counts over the past six months point to steady construction activity, with residential and mixed-use developments dominating the market, surveyed at a combined 76 percent. Many multi-million dollar residential projects, commercial towers, and mixed-use developments are forecast to break ground this year. It is anticipated that …

Event Round-Up: AFEC 2016
By: Julie Wanzer, LEED AP Denver, CO – The Advanced Facilities Engineering Conference 2016 took place last week (September 14 – 15, 2016) at the Crowne Plaza Denver Airport Convention Center that included 95 exhibitors and a little over 560 attendees. AFEC is a trade show and conference designed for …