Hines, Cushman highlight CU real estate conference
Commercial real estate icons Gerald Hines and John Cushman treated students and commercial real estate professionals to candid talk about their careers at CU’s annual real estate conference in downtown Denver Thursday. Hines, whose iconic buildings grace the world’s skylines, spoke about how quests for innovation and great architecture have guided his career, which began with a 5,000-square-foot building he built for a neighbor. Cushman, who in 1978 founded Cushman Rea…
Market is back, declares Holsapple
“You heard it here first: The market is back” was Dr. Eric Holsapple’s concluding remark based on information presented at the 16th annual Northern Colorado Real Estate Conference today in Fort Collins. Holsapple is executive director of Colorado State University’s Everitt Real Estate Center, which hosted the event with the Northern Colorado Commercial Association of Realtors. Job growth is “very healthy” in Northern Colorado and in Denver, hous…
Architects need to use their ears
Today's world is getting noisier all the time. It affects everyone negatively, i.e., increased tension, apprehension, etc. We need to think more about the purpose or use of interior spaces and design accordingly. Here is a link to a recent TED talk concerning the importance of good acoustics in education, healthcare and hospitality settings. With all the communications problems in today's society, we should be designing spaces with appropriate acoustics. &n…
Experts say spec development coming. What do you think?
Experts who spoke at CREJ's Office & Industrial Summit last week said developers are gearing up for speculative office and industrial development. "I think you will see speculative office construction throughout the metro area at a much quicker clip than might be expected," said Doug Wulf of Cassidy Turley Fuller Real Estate. "I would be surprised if somebody doesn't start building by the end of 2013 in the airport (industrial) submarket," said CBRE industrial broker Jim Bolt.…
How does the patient-centered medical home care concept translate?
Read the second in Davis Wince Ltd.'s Sonja Mirksy, LEED GA, posts on the Colorado Real Estate Journal's Heath Care and Medical Office Building Conference and Expo in which she discusses how the patient-centered medical home care concept translates to health care design for architects.
Hospitals need cash! How will they get it?
Davis Wince Architecture Ltd. Associate Sonja Mirsky, LEED GA, has penned a three-part blog on topics covered at the Colorado Real Estate Journal's recent Health Care and Medical Office Building Conference and Expo. Mirksy's first post, "Hospitals need cash! How will they get it?", discusses how capital constraints tied with broader economic and regulatory improbability continue to plague health care systems.
Outlet centers growing
An audience member attending the 2012 Retail (and Restaurant) Conference sponsored by the Colorado Real Estate Journal on Tuesday, asked what panel members thought of the future of mixed-use developments.
"Outlet centers are the new mixed-use developments," answered Michael Staenberg, prewident of THF Realty, which builds giant retail centers, anchored by stores such as Walmart and Target.
He said in St. Louis, where he is from, there were now outlet centers and suddely three ar…
Retailers can survive Internet
I ran into retail consultant Robin Salvagia-Lowder moments after she addressed a packed audience attending the Colorado Real Estate Journal's 2012 Retail (and Restaurant) Conference at the Inverness Hotel and Conference Center on Tuesday.
I told her I really enjoyed her insights, but I was wondering how she thought stick-and-brick retailers could compete with buying online?
Salvagio Lowder, CEO of CLC Assocaites, said she was glad I asked, because she really wanted to address th…
CREJ Retail Conference draws top-notch speakers
The 2012 Retail (and Restaurant) Conference sponsored by the Colorado Real Estate Journal at the Inverness Hotel and Conference Center on Tuesday, drew a Who's Who of industry leaders. The Development Strategist panel alone, included: Michael Staenberg, president of THF Realty; Mark Sidell, president of Gart Properties; Chuck Woods, principal of Chandelle Properties; David Goldberg, principal of Alberta Development Partners; and Jon Hauser, president of Drake Real Estate Services.…