Yearly Archives: 2007

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR), a leading owner and manager of corporate datacenters and Internet gateways, today announced that it has completed lease agreements with SAVVIS, Inc. for new datacenter facilities in Boston and Chicago.

DENVER, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smart Move, Inc., (Amex: MVE) a Denver based asset logistics manager, announced today that it will unveil its new Affiliate Software and National Van Line Insurance Program for moves utilizing its SmartVaults(TM) at the Worldwide ERC(R) 2007 Global Workforce Symposium in Denver on October 24-26, 2007 (Booth 225)

DENVER, Oct. 2007 – After a modest uptick in vacancy in the third quarter, supply and demand are expected to remain balanced through the end of the year, leading to healthy rent growth for Denver-area apartment owners, according to a third-quarter Apartment Research Report by Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, the nation’s largest real estate investment services firm. With few completions slated for the next three months, the metrowide vacancy rate is forecast to remain stable through year-end 2007, enabling the strongest rent growth in the last six years.

CENTENNIAL, Colo., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- With Colorado's foreclosure rates among the highest in the country, Affordable Interest Mortgage (AIM), a leader in the mortgage industry, is offering two workshops to help Denver homeowners understand how to leverage their mortgage equity while reducing foreclosure risks.

Susan Foley, recently appointed "foreclosure czar" for the city of Denver, has seen firsthand the impact of people losing their homes."This is a very passionate issue for me," Foley said at a Neighborhood, Community & Business Revitalization Committee meeting Tuesday afternoon.

DENVER , Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Simpson Housing LLLP, Apartments.com and Sherwin-Williams have announced a national charitable volunteerism initiative this month, through a new program called, "Simpson's YOU Make The Difference."

Gov. Bill Ritter's plan to cut taxes and reduce red tape could be just the jumpstart needed to ensure Colorado remains in a competitive business environment.

With the High Performance Building Act (S.B. 51) in effect as of September 1, 2007, the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado today applauded the leadership by state government in spurring green real estate development in the public and private sectors, and further propelling Colorado's burgeoning sustainable economy.

The Colorado Association of REALTORS(R) Housing Opportunity Foundation (CARHOF) has announced that 80 Colorado non-profit housing organizations who provide affordable housing programs statewide will receive grants totaling $485,124.65. The funds will go to support both programmatic and operating costs.

Colorado Business Bank is forming a Real Estate Capital Markets Group, the company reported Tuesday. Craig Poulter, executive vice president, and Kathy Thurston, senior vice president, will lead the new group, which will coordinate the bank's approach to real estate and construction financing.

Weld County continues to appear on a list of the nation's top 10 counties for foreclosures per capita so far this year, but another Colorado county has taken the top spot.

ASPEN — The residential real estate market from Aspen to Parachute far outpaced last year's record performance during the first half of 2007.

Whether in a hot air balloon race or on a readers’ choice ballot, Re/Max Properties rises above the rest in residential real estate. Re/Max was started in 1973 by Dave and Gail Liniger, who wanted to change the way real estate business was done. More than 30 years later, Re/Max is globally recognized with offices in more than 50 countries and more than 100,000 agents worldwide.

Colorado Springs officials are using tax breaks to draw a Frontier Airlines maintenance facility to the local airport, where SkyWest Airlines recently opened a $20 million maintenance hangar for its planes.

Colorado State University has landed an internationally known consultant to act as director of the Everitt Real Estate Center at the university's College of Business.School officials today announced the appointment of Steven P. Laposa, currently director of the Global Strategic Real Estate Research group at PricewaterhouseCoopers.