Attendees at the Office & Industrial Market Update and 2013 Forecast Summit presented by The Colorado Real Estate Journal and Otten, Johnson, Robinson, Neff & Ragonetti on September 6 heard from a panel of general contractors who reported that developers of industrial properties frequently choose to meet LEED standards without seeking the official LEED certification
Real Estate Development
Denver Announces Improvements to Development Services Web Offerings
The City and County of Denver recently announced several improvements to the website for Denver’s Development Services department. The goals of the enhanced website are to provide residents and developers with more efficient online access to the City’s review, permitting and inspection processes and newly assembled guides about the permitting and approval requirements for commercial…
Colorado Foreclosure Initiative Abandoned; Proponents to Push for Legislative Change Instead
As we noted in a previous post, critics of Colorado’s foreclosure process have been pursuing various avenues to reform parts of that process. They have been particularly focused on the “qualified holder” provision of Colorado statutes, which allows the foreclosing lender to state that it is the owner of the deed of trust being…
Colorado Overhauls Record Keeping Requirements for Property Owners’ Associations
The Colorado legislature recently adopted a bill amending the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act (CCIOA). House Bill 12-1237, which currently awaits Governor Hickenlooper’s signature, overhauls the record keeping requirements imposed upon Colorado’s property owners’ associations under CCIOA. Generally speaking, the requirements of this bill are more detailed than CCIOA’s old provisions on record keeping…
Colorado Apartment Vacancy/Rental Rates Suggest Market Optimism
This article in today’s Denver Post discusses how, despite some regional variation in vacancy rates and rents, the statewide trends suggest optimism among property managers and landlords concerning future demand.
The recent uptick in multi-family housing construction in some parts of Colorado indicates that developers may be feeling the same way.
It will be …