The City of Denver recently announced that it was terminating its contract with the real estate developer it hired to expand the Colorado Convention Center. The expansion is set to cost the city $233 million. However, the city recently discovered the developer engaged...
Year: 2018
Private properties bordering public lands might require easements
Imagine looking out into your backyard and seeing Colorado's beautiful and majestic federal public lands. For some lucky Colorado residents, this is not a dream in their imaginations. It is their reality of life.In fact, private property surrounds 270 thousand acres...
Zoning considerations relevant to Colorado real estate transactions
Do you ever wonder why and how the various areas of your Colorado city or town came to feature a rational divide among commercial, residential and industrial districts?Urban areas ranging from the largest enclaves down to the smallest municipalities have zoning rules...
Unlivable mountain retreats sold without inspections
Often, a homebuyer will make assumptions about the new house: It is livable, it meets building codes, it has either passed government inspection or has been flagged for violations.Such is not the case in Park County, Colorado, and the government admits it....
Downtown Denver apartment boom spells investor opportunity
Research authored by global real estate services firm CBRE that centers on Colorado residential and commercial investment opportunities makes these two fundamental points:Denver’s downtown area has long been undersupplied when it comes to apartments that are...
In the wake of Amazon’s huge new HQ decision
Denver gave it a shot. Amazon opted for another dancing partner.The high-profile and protracted saga that some media outlets simply deemed “HQ2” finally came to an end this past Tuesday. Amazon executives announced that the world’s largest online...
Residential construction defects: sources and remedies
The purchase and construction of a new home in Colorado is obviously a big deal. A residential transaction is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for many buyers and the single largest financial outlay they will ever make.It needs to be done right. That is a given, of...
Preventing a quiet-title action before your sale
Selling a piece of real estate, whether large or small, is an important matter for businesses and individuals alike. Perhaps the most important part of the transaction is ensuring that the seller of the property has clear title. In other words, the seller has all the...
Colorado is innovative ground for adaptive reuse
"Effective adaptive reuse is where creativity meets business savvy."Let's put that quote taken from a recent article on Denver commercial real estate development another way: Some enterprising real estate investors see well-worn and now underutilized infrastructure...
Denver residential real estate: traction for both buyers, sellers
It is commonly the case concerning residential real estate that industry insiders stress market realities as favoring either buyers or sellers.Not both. That customary "buyers' market" versus "sellers' market" distinction is currently being stood upside down across a...