COMMERCIAL REPORT

WHAT'S THE BUZZ IN THE COMMERCIAL WORLD?

Improvement continues in Denver's commercial real estate market
First-quarter results for metro Denver’s commercial real estate market show momentum as least as strong as at the end of 2013.

Briefcase: $3M Old Town Square renovation awarded to studioINSITE
The Denver architecture firm studioINSITE will oversee the renovation of the Old Town Square section of Fort Collins. 

Aurora wins battle against Denver hotels in Gaylord hotel project
A Denver District Court judge on Wednesday tossed out a lawsuit filed by a group of mostly Denver hotels against Aurora's Gaylord Rockies Hotel and Conference Center, clearing the way for the 1,500-room hotel and water park near Denver International Airport.

Denver better than most in construction jobs
Denver is one of the few metro areas in the country that added construction jobs last year, thanks in part to the redo of Denver Union Station and the 122-mile FasTracks mass-transit project, transportation and construction officials said Tuesday.
 

Transit-Oriented Development Aims to Shape Growth in Denver
With a substantial influx of people migrating to Denver, the city and RTD are looking to accommodate this increase in population density in a responsible manner. 

Case Studies in Placemaking: Stapleton, RiNo and LoHi
As the old maxim of real estate goes, location, location, location helps, but it doesn't make for a vibrant place all by itself.
 

Architects Sarah and Rusty Brown have put their stamp on Denver
In their 32 years in Denver, architects Sarah and Rusty Brown have seen the potential in aging and sometimes abandoned structures, designing new life into old structures such as Denver's Ice House, Memorial Hall in Pueblo and the Highlands Ranch Mansion.

Denver Metro Association of Realtors name best of 2013
The people who sold most of the residential real estate in metro Denver in 2013 met at the Infinity Park Event Center Thursday to recognize the best among them at the Denver Metro Association of Realtors’ 36th Roundtable of Excellence Awards.

Denver Public School's Emily Griffith sale on hold
The proposed sale of the Emily Griffith High School and Technical College buildings and 2.44 acres of land has been put on hold by Denver Public Schools after local preservationist groups urged the district to seek historic status for the buildings along Welton Street, between 12th and 13th streets.

Metro Denver home prices continue climbing, report says
No matter which national real estate company's data you look at, home resale prices in Denver continue the march upward.

Denver Union Station area draws $1 billion in private development
With construction of the new bus terminal at Denver Union Station nearly complete, the transformation of the historic depot has already drawn nearly $1 billion in private money in the form of new buildings underway or planned on the surrounding 19.5 acres.

Homebuilders busier across metro Denver
Homebuilding activity across metro Denver is ahead of last year's pace, Inside Real Estate News reports, citing data from the Home Builders Association of Metro Denver.

Behind the Record Selling Cadence Apartment building Sale at Union Station
Another project completed for Zocalo Community Development Inc., another record-setting sales price for the newest downtown Denver apartment complex.

Union Station Developers Add Tattered Cover 
 The restaurants and vendors in the renovated Denver Union Station will have a distinctly local flavor - from their ice cream to their coffee to their beer.

UPCOMING COMMERCIAL EVENTS:

• April 26: CREW - Community Outreach River Sweep
• May 7: NAIOP - Rocky Mountain Real Estate Challenge
• May 8: CMLA -  Denver May 2014 Luncheon