There is so much happening in Denver that our blog is almost always buzzing about new projects throughout the city. One new project has sparked a HUGE debate about the future of costs in Downtown Denver. The Westword Article “Micro-Apartments Make Their Way to Denver; $900 Will Get You 330 Square Feet” recently reported about […]
Glass House Expands Resident Fitness Center
Just one more reason why this is Denver’s most popular High Rise Residential Tower.
October is “Energy Action Month”
When evaluating a home one of the many important things to consider is energy cost.
The Last Parcel at Riverfront Park
It’s pretty amazing how fast time flies. It doesn’t feel like yesterday, but it certainly doesn’t feel like it’s been more than a decade since the only building at Riverfront Park was a slim little trailer used as an office amidst huge construction vehicles working to build what would later become the Plaza space and […]
SPIRE Flash Sale on a last ONE BEDROOM
A GREAT Opportunity to Own You might remember us writing that in development projects there are often two amazing opportunities to find discounting pricing. One, for many development projects, occurs during the pre-construction stage ESPECIALLY when the developer is looking at a 30% or some other pre sales requirement before they can break ground or […]
Cranes, Cranes, Cranes… and Still No Condo Hi Rise
Sure, almost every single block downtown has cranes actively working. There are cranes in Union Station. Cranes adding office buildings like the Triangle, Mixed Use Apartment projects such as the Platform (21 Stories High). There are even cranes building higher cranes. But there are NO cranes building residential high rise development projects. As we have […]
Denver Building Search and New Listing Alerts
The Best Denver Urban Building Guide How do you search for real estate? For many of our Downtown residents it is a love affair with a specific building. Maybe the love the historical charm of an early Denver loft conversion project. For others the new glass walled high rise amenity rich building such as Glass […]
A Glass House Investment Case Study
The Glass House Purchase One of our clients was happy to share the details behind their recent investment purchase in the Glass House and we thought it might be a fun case study for the site. The target acquisition was the Glass House in Riverfront Park. This particular client was very focused on this specific […]
Activity in the Riverfront Park Triangle
Riverfront Park’s Undeveloped Park Front Real Estate Most everyone knows the triangle piece of land in Riverfront Park just in front of the Glass House. This piece of real estate has been closed off for years awaiting news of development plans to offer new condos and homes. There are many reasons for all the buzz. […]
Glass House Association Purchases Common Space Amenities
Glass House Owners Now Own All Common Space Things are really moving up at the Glass House in Riverfront Park with an announcement this month that the Homeowners Association (aka all the owners) have purchased the remaining common space within their own building. What common space would that be you might ask… Homeowners already owned the […]
New Condo Legislation Was Squashed and How it Might Affect the Market
Condo Legislation Killed in Procedural Move For those who were watching the progress on the new construction defect and Home Ownership Bills that were put before the State Judiciary Committee the outcome is easy to report. Nothing will be happening. According to the Denver Post article “Procedural move kills last of three Colorado construction-defects bills” […]
How Riverfront Park’s Master Planned Approach Creates an Urban Advantage
Riverfront Park’s History: An Empty Rail Yard to a Master Planned Community Many people don’t realize that Riverfront Park, which has consistently been number one in our most popular neighborhoods, has a great deal of design and vision based upon the fundamentals of a Colorado Ski Resort. The Developer, East West Partners, who originally purchased […]
Real Estate Developers May Get Incentive to Build New GlassHouse, SPIRE Style Buildings with the Homeownership Opportunity Act SB 14-220
UPDATED: LOOKS LIKE THIS BILL WAS KILLED May 6th, 2014: DENVER POST “Procedural move kills last of three Colorado construction-defects bills” SB 220, which sought to push more condo construction defect cases into arbitration, was killed in a procedural move after the Senate Judiciary Committee didn’t convene Monday night. Read more: Procedural move kills last […]
Glass House Pool is OPEN for residents for the 2014 Season
The Glass House Pool Opens for Residents Denver’s most popular building celebrates the first day of May every year with the annual pool opening. Residents in the building look forward to this day every year, although with today’s chilly weather it is most likely the main pool activities won’t kick in until things get gorgeous […]
Vote for Denver’s Best Car Share Program
Denver Urban Readers Poll for Best Car Share Program Sure, we love to bike everywhere. But what about that day when a car would come in really handy. We support car optional living in Denver, and our local car share programs make it easy to live car free. No need to own a car, pay […]
Union Station Driving Glass House to new Heights in Popularity
New Development Driving Glass House With all the new Development occurring int Downtown Denver one building seems to be the favorite. Riverfront Park’s Glass House building has been seeing a record number of new listings going under contract in a day or less. Let’s talk about just why this building is the destination everyone seems […]
SPIRE 97% Sold Out Offers 1 Year of Free HOA Fees
SPIRE OFFERS CLOSE OUT INCENTIVES According to SPIRE’s recent promotion the building is 97% sold out. That means that one of the last new high rise residential development projects that Denver in process may be about to disappear, and the market is unclear on when the next new building will commence. There are often two […]
2014 Denver Cruiser Ride Themes and New Bike Lane Development
DONT Forget to vote for the theme you are most excited about at the end of this post! We love the Denver Bike Community How much do we love it! We love it so much that a HUGE part of our philosophy is supporting and sharing information about how to live the Denver Car Optional […]
10 BIG Reasons why it is better to Buy than Rent in Denver
One thing is certain, the Denver Housing Market is HOT! With a shortage of sellers offering homes for sale Denver buyers are watching as new listings are met with multiple offers and record low days on market. For our Denver Urban clients we make sure to offer quick information on those great new listings and […]
Why Denver is the Best City
Oh Denver, we love you so. It is easy to forget just how wonderful our city is. That is, unless you sit down next to someone who can’t stop raving about it. On a recent excursion to Jax downtown, one of Denver’s ultimate Oyster hangouts, I met some great transplants who had recently moved from […]