September 2010

4074354188_a1981d42ec_s.jpgI attended the Colorado Real Estate Journal Industrial Owners & Managers Conference & Expo on Wednesday, September 15, 2010. 

There were several panels discussing various elements of the industrial real estate market in the Colorado Front Range.

  • The investment panel seemed to reach a consensus that new industrial development would not occur until the third

green-brick.jpgI recently attended a webinar in which Jacob Bart of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP spoke about how the costs of going “green” can conflict with the provisions in many existing leases.  It is common for landlords to “pass through” operating expenses to their tenants, but those expenses are usually limited to non-capital expenditures. 

NAHB Logo.gifBuilder confidence in the mature-housing market remained weak, according to 2010 first-quarter data from the National Association of Home Builders’ 55+ Housing Market Index (55+ HMI) – a quarterly survey of the association’s builder members engaged in the production of mature-market housing.   

“The 55+ segment of the market is still stalled in most regions,” said