Author: Mark Samuelson Special to The Denver Gazette
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Jury awards millions to Glendale tenants for violations of state’s habitability law
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A Denver jury has awarded upwards of $13 million to tenants of a Glendale apartment, in what attorneys call a landmark case to enforce Colorado’s rental habitability law after what were described as monumental infractions by landlords. Advertising for Mint Urban Infinity apartments at 1251 S. Bellaire Street describes its offerings as “the best of…
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Metro Denver real estate agents strive to interpret NAR settlement
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Spring typically marks high tide for the residential real estate market, according to Colorado agents. And this spring — with a low inventory of homes available to meet buyer demand — is no exception. Right now, brokers working that market are experiencing some added anxiety as they struggle to interpret a $418 million settlement by the…
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Vision Collision: Cherry Creek ponders over super-sized project
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Denver’s Cherry Creek neighborhood, with a shopping district that was once known for its quirky charms, has gone through a remarkable run of commercial and residential building projects over the past two decades, with more to come. And that has residents worried. A few decades ago, the small area’s boutiques, bistros and galleries were wrapped…
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Cherry picking: Cherry Creek draws employers from Denver downtown
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In a year when downtown Denver office vacancy rates have staggered upward past 30% and with only a single new downtown office project in the pipeline, area commercial developers and brokers should be in a grim mood. But they’re not and Cherry Creek is much of the reason why. “It’s a hot place to be…
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Denver realtors feeling a warming trend in new year home market
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In early January when the weather is running cold and dreary, real estate agents are sensing a puff of warm air in Denver’s housing market. That’s following a year when rising interest rates, high prices and low inventory had chilled home sales. In its January Market Trends Report for the 11-county area, analysts at the…
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Ghost of Christmas Past: As Larimer Square’s holiday allure slips, retailers hope for better years ahead
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As the holidays arrived in the year 1965, a sort of Christmas miracle happened on Larimer Street in downtown Denver: On a block that had slid from being the bustling core of a gold rush town, to a skid row lined with rundown bars and…
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Denver prayer vigil held after attack on Israel
The war that raged over the weekend in Israel came home to Colorado Monday evening as more than a thousand people from the Jewish community and other faiths joined for a prayer vigil at Temple Emanuel in Denver. “This is a moment we haven’t seen since 1973, unprecedented in my lifetime,” said Ben Lusher, board…
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Rising interest rates jinxing the Denver housing market, says new report
In a month when a late monsoon is cooling summer temperatures around the Mile High, interest rates are chilling the area’s real estate market, according to a newly released report by the Denver Metro Association of Realtors. While real estate agents have hopes that rates will fall later in the year as inflation lessens, that’s…
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Denver gets tough on unlicensed landlords, as many scramble to set up required home inspections
The Denver department that licenses everything from pedal cabs and tattoo artists to liquor stores and pot dispensaries is five months into its largest-yet regulatory expansion: Seeking to license the city’s 123,000 multifamily homes and apartments. As of Monday, the city had issued $150 administrative citations to 46 apartment property owners deemed in violation of…