As demand for AI and cloud-computing infrastructure continues to accelerate, data center development has become an increasingly important issue for commercial real estate developers, utility companies, municipalities, and land use practitioners across the country.  During the 2026 legislative session, Colorado lawmakers considered two competing bills that would have impacted the landscape for large-scale data center

For much of the American West, this winter has been historically warm and dry. Due to the resulting snow drought, many experts are predicting an intense wildfire season in Colorado and across the West more broadly. Colorado legislators have taken notice. As in recent legislative sessions, there is currently a tranche of wildfire mitigation and

After several years of high sublease activity, Denver’s office market is showing signs of stabilization.  According to Cushman & Wakefield’s Q3 2025 Denver Office MarketBeat, total sublease availability in Metro Denver in Q3 2025 declined by 2.5% from Q2 and 5.4% year-over-year.  While overall vacancy remains high at 26%, this represents a meaningful slowdown

The City of Denver (“Denver”) released the first draft of its proposed amendment to the Denver Zoning Code (“Zoning Code”) known as Modernizing Parking Requirements Text Amendment (“Text Amendment”), in which it proposes removing minimum vehicle parking requirements for all land uses throughout Denver.  This Text Amendment comes as

On March 4th, President Donald Trump imposed 25% tariffs on goods imported from Mexico and Canada, the United States’ two largest trading partners.  Two days later, those tariffs were largely lifted as President Trump signed separate executive orders granting relief to goods from Mexico and Canada covered by the United-States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (an