Low water landscaping: Why Colorado homeowners are making the smart switch

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 6/6 8:11A Sara B. Hansen

As water conservation becomes increasingly urgent across Colorado, landscaping trends are evolving to prioritize sustainability and low-maintenance designs. Homeowners are embracing xeriscaping and native plant landscaping and moving away from...

Metro Denver housing market has most unsold listings in over a decade

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 6/4 2:00A Aldo Svaldi

Metro Denver s housing market now has more unsold listings available than at any point since 2011, with 13,599 properties looking for a buyer at the end of May, according to a monthly update from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors . That is...

Redfin declares metro Denver a homebuyers’ market

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/31 2:00A Aldo Svaldi

Metro Denver has moved solidly into the buyer s camp, with home sellers outnumbering buyers by a widening margin, according to a report Thursday from Redfin, a Seattle-based residential real estate brokerage firm . Nationally, there were an...

A woman died after temperature soared inside her Denver Housing Authority apartment. Four years...

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/29 2:00A Sam Tabachnik

Shawn Pope says he was almost too close to his mother, Shirlyne Johnson. He called every day, sometimes multiple times a day. Shirlyne Johnson. (Photo courtesy of Latrisse Johnson) Occasionally, she...

Downtown Denver at a crossroads as offices sit empty, buildings go into default and safety concerns...

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/29 2:00A Aldo Svaldi, Jessica Alvarado Ga

The COVID-19 pandemic turned Downtown Denver from the place to be to a place to flee , derailing two decades of momentum overnight. Five years later, downtown s recovery continues to lag behind most...

16th Street safety is the key to downtown Denver’s rebound

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/29 2:00A Aldo Svaldi, Jessica Alvarado Ga

In the battle for Downtown Denver s future, victory or defeat could hinge on convincing people it is safe to visit, work and live in the area, and key to that will be restoring the vibrancy of 16th...

Can downtown get its swagger back? Denver leaders agree it’s both possible and vital

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/29 2:00A Judith Kohler

In a post-pandemic world, is it still important or necessary for major metro areas to have a vibrant downtown at their core? If restaurants, retail outlets and housing are growing in Cherry Creek and...

How vacant are downtown Denver’s office buildings?

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/29 2:00A Kevin Hamm

Downtown’s most distressed office buildings are also some of the region’s largest. Built during an oil and gas boom in the 1970s and 1980s, most are located in the Upper Downtown and Skyline Park areas, which had multiple blocks scraped to make...

Time of reckoning has arrived for Denver’s troubled office towers

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/29 2:00A Aldo Svaldi, Jessica Alvarado Ga

Several of Downtown Denver s largest towers sit half empty as the clock ticks on unsustainable debts that must be refinanced, repaid or renounced. Unable to find enough tenants to support debt...

Tapville Social building sells for $6.5M as developers plan Ballpark hotel

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/24 2:00A Matthew Geiger

For Ballpark businessman Jon Van Sistine, 1010 Park Ave. was love at first sight. “Its an amazing building. I used to drive by on the street everyday. I would always tell my wife that’s the most beautiful building in Denver,” he said. Last week,...

16th Street Mall rebrands as its 4-year makeover approaches finish

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/21 2:00A Aldo Svaldi

Downtown s main corridor, originally known as the 16th Street Mall, has received a fresh identity to go along with its new pavers, trees and light fixtures. Skip the formalities, drop the last name,...

Subdivision developer set to buy former Wheat Ridge hospital campus

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/20 2:00A Thomas Gounley

A developer who has built housing around the metropolitan area is under contract to purchase the former Lutheran Medical Center site in Wheat Ridge. Chris Elliott of E5X Management is set to buy the site between 32nd and 38th avenues for...

Architect lists his Sunnyside home for Wash Park price

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/19 7:32A Sara B. Hansen

When architect Matt Davis designed a new home for his family in the Sunnyside neighborhood, he converted an overgrown site into a modern architectural home that incorporated and preserved a locust tree. Although the tree stood near the front of...

Some metro homebuyers are trading a longer commute for affordability

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/18 2:00A Aldo Svaldi

Kelly Morgan, 27, grew up in Arizona and took a key piece of advice from her parents with her when she moved to Colorado. They had bought a home in their mid-20s and drilled it into her that she...

Lions roaring at 2 a.m. and beer cans in the bear exhibit: Wild Animal Sanctuary frets over housing...

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/16 2:00A Elizabeth Hernandez

The founder of the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg home to more than 950 rehabilitated animals, including lions, tigers and bears says he s concerned about an encroaching housing development that he believes could threaten the sanctuary s...