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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
"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...
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...
Real estate-minded Colorado entrepreneurs, company owners and investors know that the current business environment is active and churning with possibilities. Regular readers of our blog at O'Brien Legal Services LLC in Denver certainly know that, given several of our...
Buying a condo provides many of the benefits of buying a home and eliminates some of the drawbacks. You own the space, so you have the privacy and financial benefits of owning a home. However, you are not responsible for all the maintenance involved in home ownership....