
Q&A with JHL’s James Torres
By Liz Gibbons In May, JHL Constructor’s James Torres was awarded Project Manager of the Year by the American Subcontractors Association (ASA) Colorado at their 33rd Annual Construction Industry and Excellence in Safety Awards. Facts about James: James grew up with his grandfather, father and uncle all working in the construction industry. James …

Sagebrush Companies Defining Thoughtful Development in Colorado
By Katie Rapone Formed in 2000, Sagebrush Companies is a small Denver-based firm specializing in real estate investments and thoughtful development with holdings throughout the U.S. and Mexico. The company has managed more than $350 million in new developments that include multifamily apartments, multifamily condominiums, office and retail. The firm’s hotel …

Strong Fundamentals Support Denver Retail in Overcoming Increased Headwinds
By Drew Isaac, First Vice President Investments and Ryan Bowlby, Senior Associate, Marcus & Millichap. Denver’s retail market is benefitting from healthy employment growth, rising incomes and fundamentally sound new developments. Employers in energy, telecom and IT are creating well-paying positions, leading to an increase in disposable income and a boost to local retailers. In 2017, retail …

Market Center Renovation Pays Homage to Denver’s Past
By Katie Rapone Urban Renaissance Group (URG), Stars Investments and City Street Investors are nearing the completion of some major renovations at Market Center, a five-story office and retail building at 17th and Market streets in downtown Denver. Seattle-based Urban Renaissance Group purchased the historic Market Center buildings for $29 …

Zeppelin’s FLIGHT Welcomes New Tenants
By Katie Rapone Zeppelin Development’s impressive new, 140,000-square-foot FLIGHT office building is already home to Denver-based Boa Technology, an innovative producer of rotary foot wear bindings, and later this month the design-forward, environmentally conscious building will be home to some new tenants, eager to secure their space inside Denver’s most progressive office building …

The Sky’s the Limit: 3 Female Leaders in Denver CRE
By Katie Rapone According to Crew Network’s latest benchmark study of women in commercial real estate, men continue to outnumber women, especially in senior executive positions. Yet women in commercial real estate are beginning to close the gender-gap taking on more senior roles in all aspects of CRE. Three veteran women …

Denver’s Multifamily Market Outlook
By Katie Rapone There is certainly no shortage of multifamily development in Denver. In fact, the Mile High City is leading the nation in terms of new construction with 22,000 units under construction, representing a 10 percent expansion of the current inventory — that’s more than twice the national average, according …

NAIOP 2017 Awards of Achievement
DENVER — On Thursday, Feb. 22, the NAIOP Colorado Awards of Achievement was held inside the Seawell Grand Ballroom at the Denver Center of Performing Arts, to recognize significant achievement and accomplishment in 2017. An Olympic theme was the perfect back-drop for the nominees as 2017 was one of the most competitive in years, …

Denver’s Most Famous Block to be Revitalized
By Katie Rapone Pending approval from the city, Denver’s iconic Larimer Square will undergo a major revitalization over the next several years that will include work to preserve the existing infrastructure as well as the addition of two new buildings, to be built in the alleys behind Larimer Square. Jeff Hermanson, in …

SugarSquare Construction Nears Completion
By Katie Rapone SugarSquare is destined to be an iconic building in downtown Denver. The 4-story, 10,800-square-foot office building is only 25 feet by 100 feet — a case study for big design in a narrow urban space. Construction of this highly intricate building took a year and a half, …