When Gene Wilder sang about a world of pure imagination, it was in reference to the chocolate room in Willy Wonka’s fictional factory. The plans for Marcus Commons’ “re-imagining” are equally sweet, as revealed during the Re-Imagine Marcus Commons Competition on Feb....
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Industry leaders join Daniels as Executives in Residence
Six new industry leaders will join the six current Executives in Residence at the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business. The Daniels Executive in Residence Program exists to encourage meaningful engagement in the life of the College by senior executives...
Daniels College of Business students take second in national competition
Students from the Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management and the Reiman School of Finance at the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business won second place in the 2017 National Association of Home Builders Student Competition. The...
Explaining Q3 Denver Metro Area Apartment Vacancy and Rent Survey
This quarter we continue to look at the dynamics behind the market cycle for apartments in the Denver Metro Area. When the public sees more buildings being built, they often times wonder if there are too many new units and ask “who will rent them all?” The graph that...
REIT performance will rise with economy, professor says
The real estate cycle has entered a strong growth phase in most U.S. markets, says Glenn Mueller, professor at the University of Denver and real estate investment strategist at Dividend Capital Group. As the economy expands and supply remains limited, REITs' net...
4 Reasons It Can Be Better to Rent Instead of Buy a Home
Amar Shukla, a 24-year-old engineer at online textbook company Chegg, decided that buying a home was an investment he wanted to make. With some financial help from his parents, he recently bought a 900-square foot home in San Jose, California. “As long as I’m going to...
Generation X and Millennials Are Choosing to Remain Renters
Although James Crosby is getting married later this year to his college sweetheart, the financial analyst said they do not have plans to buy a home in Atlanta in the next few years. While Crosby, who is 25, said he loathes paying rent and not building up equity in a...
10 Business-Building Tips From CCIM Live!
The smell of hot coffee and fresh-cut business cards greeted CCIM Live! attendees as they made their way into the Denver Sheraton’s South Convention Lobby on the first morning of CCIM’s 2013 annual conference. The first of two networking breakfasts was in full swing,...








