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Foreclosure nation
By Steve Titus While much of the country cringed as property values augured into lows not seen in 20 years, Colorado suffered a kinder, gentler housing recession, and by some accounts we are on our way out of the hole. The number of foreclosures passing through the public trustees’ offices is down in nearly every […]
Front Range business a no-show in water pipeline imbroglio
Last week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, denied developer Aaron Million a permit to pipe water from Wyoming's Flaming Gorge reservoir to Colorado's Front-Range. Million and Frank Jaeger, Parker's respected water official and South Metro Water Supply Authority board member, are...
Western states press for a closer reading of the Colorado River Compact
Ninety years old this year, the Colorado River Compact is more relevant and consequential than any time in its history. That says a lot. Sharing water within its collaborative, progressive framework, the Southwest blossomed, and its sustained influence on our current water dialogue is immeasurable...
Colorado Sustainable Design Awards: Single family residential
1st place: Single Family ResidentialPhantom Canyon RanchArchitect/Interior Design: MQ Architecture & DesignGeneral Contractor: Merten Inc. OVERVIEWCompleted in September 2009, Phantom Canyon Ranch is a LEED Gold certified house of 3,012 square feet nestled inside Phantom Canyon Nature Preserve in L...
State of the state: Real estate
At the corner of 6th Avenue and Kalamath Street in Denver sat a forlorn-looking former lighting store, abandoned for the better part of a decade. Enter Mike Arzt and Frank Phillips, partners in The Public Works, a cutting-edge snowsports-oriented creative agency based in Evergreen, and Jason and Ellen Winkler of Wink Inc., a snowsports-oriented […]
Top Company: PCL Construction
Ask PCL Construction Enterprises President and Chief Operating Officer Peter Beaupré what it takes to make it in the construction industry when the economy is rough, and he’ll offer a one-word answer: diversity. “We are strategically located in various geographic areas, and that was all part of a strategy a generation ago, before me, that […]
Colorado Sustainable Design Awards: Residential multifamily
1st placeOsage ApartmentsArchitect: Buchanan, Yonushewski Group LLCOwner and developer: Denver Housing AuthorityGeneral Contractor: Milender-White Construction Co.Builder: BCER Engineering OVERVIEW1099 Osage Apartments is an eight-story, 100-unit housing development for low-income seniors and disabled residents. The mid-rise building features two wings, connected by a glass sunroom on each floor, taking advantage of the optimal solar [...]
Top Company 2011 finalist: Flatiron Construction Corp.
Flatiron Construction Corp.www.flatironcorp.com Years in business: 64Location: FirestoneCEO: Tom Rademacher (Watch an interview on ColoradoBiz TV.)Employees: 250Company snapshot: With a construction volume of more than $1 billion, Flatiron is one of the leading providers of transportation construction and civil engineering in North America. Its core competencies include major bridge, highway and rail projects. Flatiron’s project[...]
Top Company 2011 winner: PCL Construction Enterprises
REAL ESTATE/CONSTRUCTION PCL Constructionwww.pcl.com Years in business: 36 (U.S.), 105 (global)Location: DenverPresident and COO: Peter Beaupré (Watch an interview with Peter on ColoradoBiz TV.)Employees: 3,300Company snapshot: PCL builds in three main sectors: buildings, civil infrastructure and heavy industrial. PCL’s family of companies has an annual construction volume of more than $5 billion, making it the largest co[...]
Downtown’s new neighborhood: Arapahoe Square
Colorado residents can agree that downtown Denver has significantly transformed over the past 20 years. Once an area that lacked attractive retail space, affordable housing and compelling destinations that attract visitors, downtown Denver today is a thriving urban environment where businesses grow and people live. This transformation can be attributed to a number of factors, but […]
Colorado’s transfer fee prohibition
In May, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law a bill that might have unforeseen consequences for builders and developers of residential property and for non-profit foundations. The law prohibits the imposition of transfer fee covenants on residential property. Transfer fee covenants, which require payment to a third party of a percentage of the purchase price […]
Roadside Attractions
John Beeble, CEO and chairman of Centennial-based Saunders Construction Inc., hurries from his car a few minutes late to an appointment in J. Alexander's restaurant, across from the new IKEA Centennial building at I-25 and County Line Road. Behind him gleams the bold yellow and blue of the IKEA bui...
