Denver Post RE Feed

• Lower mortgage rates not enough to overcome November slowdown in metro Denver home sales December 5, 2023
  Lower mortgage rates motivated some buyers to get busy last month, but it wasn't enough to overcome the normal slowdown seen this time of year in metro Denver's housing market, according to a monthly update from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.
  Aldo Svaldi
• Construction litigation blocking condo development in Colorado, but how does it get unblocked? December 3, 2023
  Where Shelby's Bar & Grill long stood on the corner of 18th and Glenarm streets, and before that the old Broadway Hotel, two towers are rising that will provide 461 for-sale condos, defying the odds in more ways than one.
  Aldo Svaldi
• Lifestyle, location keep Colorado’s housing market popular (and expensive) December 1, 2023
  Denver continues to be a popular destination for homebuyers. U.S. News & World Report named the Denver metro the healthiest housing market in America, surpassing Raleigh, North Carolina. MetroIntelligence compiled the ranking using the Housing Market Index for June 2023, an interactive data set that aggregates public and private data points categorized by impact on […]
  Sara B. Hansen
• City strikes nearly $89 million deal to buy former Denver Post building at Civic Center November 30, 2023
  The city of Denver, no longer content to be a tenant in the former Denver Post building downtown, is moving to buy the 11-story structure for $88.5 million.
  Joe Rubino
• Xcel Energy to move headquarters from downtown Denver to RiNo in 2025 November 30, 2023
  Xcel, Colorado's largest electric utility, plans to relocate to T3 RiNo, a new six-story, mass-timber building just north of downtown.
  Judith Kohler
• As REI’s arrival nears in a southwestern Colorado mountain town, some local outdoor rec stores worry November 30, 2023
  A little more than a year before REI comes to Durango, its arrival has raised concerns, especially among those who wonder what impact its 20,000-square-foot store will have on the mountain town's array of local outdoor recreation businesses.
  John Aguilar
• New downtown Denver hotel’s design is meant to mimic quaking aspen trees November 28, 2023
  A hotel under construction in downtown Denver and whose exterior is inspired by Colorado's quaking aspen trees will feature interior designs and furnishings that pay homage to the outdoors and the West.
  Judith Kohler
• Cornerstar in Aurora one of four shopping centers bought in $100M deal November 28, 2023
  The Cornerstar shopping center in Aurora is one of four open-air shopping centers bought in a $100 million deal between DLC Management Corp., a New York-based private real estate company, and DRA Advisors, a real estate investment adviser.
  Judith Kohler
• Denver’s renovation of largest city office building aims to keep workers downtown — with some new costs November 27, 2023
  Denver's Webb office building will play a part in Mayor Mike Johnston's revitalization plans for downtown even while it is under construction, with some displaced city workers shuttling to newly leased space in the city's tallest tower.
  Joe Rubino
• How savvy homebuyers use mortgage strategies to cut their interest rates November 25, 2023
  After years of record-low mortgage rates, many homebuyers are frustrated by paying more than 8 percent interest to buy a new home. “Nobody loves rates in the high 7s or 8s,  but they’re not sticker shocked like they were in the beginning,” said Nicole Rueth, senior vice president of The Rueth Team powered by Movement […]
  Sara B. Hansen