C.R.S. 38-35.7-101, et. seq., mandates certain disclosures in connection with the sale of “residential real property.” However, a close reading of that statute reveals that certain of those disclosures apply not only to traditional residential properties (e.g. single family homes), but to commercial, multi-family projects, as well. While it’s common practice in Colorado to include
Landlords Take Note: Boulder Licensing Situation Highlights Confusion in Colorado Medical Marijuana Laws
Governor Ritter signed H.B. 1284 into law on June 7, 2010, which enacted the Colorado Medical Marijuana Code. Among a host of other impacts, the Code will likely have the effect of concentrating medical marijuana production, and increasing medical marijuana businesses’ demand for commercial and industrial space to house grow operations and retail dispensaries. Accordingly
Report from the Industrial Owners & Managers Conference & Expo
I 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
Capital Expenses in Green Leases
I 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.
Broker Lien Law Effective Today
Recently the Colorado legislature passed, and Governor Ritter signed, the Commercial Real Estate Brokers Commission Security Act (HB 10-1288), which allows a Colorado real estate broker to obtain a lien on commercial property if the broker earns a commission from the leasing (but not the sale) of such property under a written agreement