
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 …

Hospitality Real Estate Counselors Announces 2nd Merger
View here Hospitality Real Estate Counselors (HREC) completed its second merger in the past four weeks by absorbing both the O’Connell Hospitality Group in Boston and Warmbrodt Hotel Investments in Kansas City. HREC is headquartered in Greenwood Village and is one of the nation’s largest lodging and gaming real estate advisory firm. Logo …

Event Round-Up: JLL Horizon 2016 – Tale of Two Cities
By: Julie Wanzer, LEED AP Denver, CO – JLL hosted their third annual Horizon report this morning at the Four Seasons Denver with a theme reminiscent of Charles Dickens with a Tale of Two Cities. The program focused on the dichotomy Denver is facing as the fifth fastest growing state …

Hotel Land Development Sells for $1.2M in Longmont
Longmont, CO – Marcus & Millichap announced the sale of a 2.01 acre fully entitled land parcel suitable for hotel development in Longmont, Colorado. The $1.2 million dollar sales price equates to $13.77 per square foot. Bob Kaplan and Brandon Kramer, senior investment specialists in Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office …

New Image of Denver’s RiNo District Defines Future of Dynamic Neighborhood
Denver, CO —The River North Art District (RiNo) neighborhood of Denver is undergoing a significant transformation from industrial corridor to a thriving artistic, eclectic, mixed use destination. In a new rendering, OZ Architecture collaborated with more than a dozen fellow design firms and developers to assemble the first all-encompassing view of what this neighborhood’s …

DBJ Unveils Crane Watch for CRE Industry
View here The Denver Business Journal launched a new interactive map that tracks all of the commercial development taking place in the Denver Metro Area. Crane Watch will be updated monthly and include the following industry sectors: office, hotel, multifamily, mixed-use, retail, healthcare and industrial. DBJ readers are encouraged to …

Marriott in Boulder Sold & Stonebridge Co’s Assumes Management
Boulder, CO – Stonebridge Companies recently assumed management of the Marriott Boulder in Boulder, Colorado. Collaborating with Summit Properties Inc., a publicly traded REIT, which purchased the property and focuses primarily on owning premium-branded, select-service hotels in the upscale segment of the lodging industry, Stonebridge Companies will now undertake daily …

Stonebridge Companies Converts Country Inn & Suites to Courtyard Marriott
Denver, CO – Stonebridge Companies recently announced the acquisition of the Denver International Airport Country Inn & Suites, and plans to convert the hotel to a Courtyard by Marriott brand. Conveniently located near the Denver International Airport transportation corridor, the significant renovation and conversion to the Courtyard brand will offer …

RiNo District Adds New 50-Room Boutique Hotel
Denver, CO – The Ramble Hotel, an independently owned, three-story hotel will open in late 2017 with 50 guestrooms; an intimate theatre and bar; flexible meeting space; a small retail outlet; an outdoor courtyard; an independently owned restaurant; and a marquee lobby bar, Death & Co Denver. The bar marks the …

Denver Public Schools Board of Education to Vote Sale Emily Griffith Site to Stonebridge
View here The Denver Public Schools Board of Education is scheduled to vote on the sale of Emily Griffith’s historic location to Stonebridge Companies on Thursday, August 18th. The use of the land is undisclosed. Photo credit: By Dtobias (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons