Posts Tagged ‘Real Estate’

Looking for a bargain? 5,000 acres for sale at 44 percent discount

by Rob Larimer Published: February 18,2010

Tags: 5000 acres, Harrison Resource Group, Real Estate

Two Windsor, Colo., developers are offering 5,000 acres of residential and commercial properties in Northern Colorado for $177 million. The properties include 9,370 lots in Windsor, Fort Collins, Greeley, Timnath, Berthoud, Loveland, Johnstown, Mead and Severance. The properties are listed with Harrison Resource Corp. The package of properties is being marketed as the “largest single holding of [...] [...]

California Casualty has room at the top for lease

by Becky Hurley Published: January 29,2010

Tags: California Casualty, Real Estate

Not surprisingly, California Casualty Corp. took issue with the CSBJ’s 2009 commercial real estate “Year in Review,” which stated that the firm had vacated its 122,500-square-foot Class A office building at 1650 Telstar Drive on the Briargate Business Campus. In reality, said Sierra Commercial Real Estate listing brokers, Randy Miller and Brian Wagner, the company [...] [...]

Commercial real estate

by Becky Hurley Published: January 8,2010

Tags: Look ahead 2010, Real Estate

The Pikes Peak region’s commercial real estate market has thrived for years thanks to new and expanding national corporate players, local developers and small business start-ups. But as industry brokers, investors and analysts prepare for 2010, most acknowledge that commercial real estate investment has become increasingly challenging — and paydays less frequent — since mid 2007. With [...] [...]

Home prices declining slower in Colorado Springs

by Becky Hurley Published: December 31,2009

Tags: home prices, Real Estate

To begin the year, there’s good and not-so-good-news regarding home prices in the Pikes Peak region. The area compared favorably with the rest of the country, based on First American CoreLogic’s loan performance home price index. Based on the latest HPI results reported during December, home prices had continued their year-over-year decline nationally through October 2009. Locally, home [...] [...]

Hospital building proves to be a boon for G.E. Johnson

by Becky Hurley Published: December 26,2009

Tags: G.E. Johnson, Real Estate

G.E. Johnson Construction Co. just completed work on the $4.5 million St. Anthony Summit County Medical Center. The 12,739-square-foot mountain community project came in ahead of schedule and under budget, said spokesman Al Slattery. The new hospital wing expansion includes 10 additional beds, four intensive care unit beds and six progressive care patient rooms. “Our construction budget [...] [...]

Year in Review: Real Estate

by Becky Hurley Published: December 26,2009

Tags: Real Estate, Year in Review

Residential real estate round-up On the heels of a tough 2008, January 2009 kicked off with guarded optimism from the realtors and home builder industries. Existing home sales for 2008 fell 10 percent, compared to the year before, according to the National Association of Home Builders. But, by January 2009, the Federal Reserve had lowered interest rates, [...] [...]

Expanding retailers focusing in on Colorado

by Becky Hurley Published: December 4,2009

Tags: Real Estate, Retail

This week, the International Council of Shopping Centers sponsored its annual Denver Retail Runway at the downtown J.W. Marriott hotel. The event is considered “unique,” said ICSC spokesman Jesse Tron. “We do other kinds of ‘alliance’ programs and NexGen programs in other parts of the country, but this is a specific opportunity for brokers, developers and [...] [...]

Stormwater basins unlikely amenities

by Becky Hurley Published: November 25,2009

Tags: Real Estate

Stormwater detention facilities seldom make the list of “must-see” real estate. Usually found in or near major residential or commercial developments, they are utilitarian — sometimes downright unattractive — dirt-concrete-and-rock catch-basins designed to store and redistribute storm water or heavy snow melt. New facilities are incorporated into a larger master plan which is reviewed and approved by [...] [...]

Green-focused builders predicted to see big pay day

by Becky Hurley Published: November 20,2009

Tags: green, Real Estate

It’s a bonanza, just waiting to be claimed. The prize: almost 8 million U.S. green construction jobs that will pump $554 billion into the economy through 2013. And of that half a trillion dollars, an estimated $396 million is projected for wages. The industry’s upside potential was confirmed in the results of a study released this month [...] [...]

Zoo’s Grizzly Grill part of contractors’ move to ‘boutique’

by Becky Hurley Published: November 13,2009

Tags: Real Estate, zoo

Some of the area’s general contractors are adding boutique projects to their broader portfolio of office and retail buildings, high-rise multifamily, correctional facilities and schools. Here’s a brief look at two interesting projects in the works. Zoo to add Grizzly Grill J.E. Dunn Construction just broke ground on the Grizzly Grill, a 4,900-square-foot dining facility at the Cheyenne [...] [...]

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