Denver Office at $90/SF: Underwriting the Basis Reset
Denver office is trading near $90/SF, below replacement cost. Here's what that basis actually asks you to underwrite: lease-up, WALT, capex, and the exit.
Denver office is trading near $90/SF, below replacement cost. Here's what that basis actually asks you to underwrite: lease-up, WALT, capex, and the exit.
Southeast Denver office traded this summer at $86 to $97/SF, below replacement cost. Here's who should buy and who should keep leasing.
Keith Ferrazzi says build the network before you need it. In commercial real estate that is not a nice idea, it is the whole business, because the work and the paycheck are separated by about two years. Here is the narrower version that actually works for a broker.
Small Denver office tenants don't get the same free rent and TI concessions as large tenants. Here's the realistic concession range at 2,000 to 10,000 square feet.
National office vacancy is 20.1% and improving. Denver runs 26.6% to 28.7% depending on whose set you use, with downtown at 38.6%. What that gap actually means for a Denver lease decision.
Blaine Strickland's Thrive is a rare real estate book on this shelf. Its hardest idea is also its simplest: the day you take a brokerage desk, you start a business. Most brokers never admit it. The ones who do build a plan, a forecast, and a book that lasts.
Taft, FBT Gibbons, and Cooper Carry all upgraded their Denver office space this year. Here's why professional firms are treating the office as a recruiting tool again.
Expansion, contraction, and termination options are nearly free to negotiate into a Denver office lease right now. Here's what to ask for and what each costs.
A sales book makes the case better than most brokerage books do: the broker who recites square footage, price, and comps is product-selling in a world where everyone has the same data. The edge that is left is consultative selling, and it comes down to who asks the better questions.
On a straight renewal you keep most of the free rent and lose most of the build-out money. What Denver renewal concessions are realistic in 2026, and how to push.
Anthony Iannarino spent 25 years chasing one question: why do a few salespeople consistently outperform their peers? His answer is uncomfortable for anyone shopping for a better situation. Success isn't situational. It's individual. The market explains a quarter. It doesn't explain a career.