Real Estate and Construction Management Articles

High Rent, Low Vacancy Causes Working-age Adults to ‘Double Up’

High Rent, Low Vacancy Causes Working-age Adults to ‘Double Up’

If you are currently looking for rental property in Denver, then you know the search for an affordable apartment can be daunting. It's the law of supply and demand: fewer rentals mean higher prices. The harsh reality has many people searching for roommates to keep...

Trends in Rising Denver Rents

Trends in Rising Denver Rents

Denver rents are on the rise. Daniels Associate Professor Dr. Ron Throupe, Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management, explores the rising rates. This collection of reports give insight into the high rates, what it means for buyers and what to...

At The Burnsley, a vintage Denver hotel remade as stylish apartments

At The Burnsley, a vintage Denver hotel remade as stylish apartments

On a recent morning, Miles Omand stood on a large 16th-floor penthouse balcony at 1000 Grant The Burnsley in Capitol Hill and absorbed the view: to the south, Pikes Peak. Northward, the Front Range heading toward Longs Peak. To the west: snow-dusted Mount Evans. And...

Rental vacancies fall; rents set record

The overall Denver-area apartment vacancy rate in the third quarter fell to a 14-year low of 3.9 percent, while average monthly rental rates once again set a record high, shows a report released on Friday. “Every quarter we set a new high,” said Ron Ron Throupe, the...

Metro Denver’s Tight Housing Market Puts a Squeeze on Rentals

Metro Denver’s Tight Housing Market Puts a Squeeze on Rentals

Metro Denver's constricted housing market, which has squeezed buyers since early 2013, has begun to wrap its coils more tightly around renters. Higher home prices and quicker sales times have resulted in a larger number of landlords cashing out, leaving fewer homes...

Playing for a Cause: The Burns School Playhouse Project

Playing for a Cause: The Burns School Playhouse Project

Scott and Wendi Smith have a family far different than most, with four biological children, Josh 21, Joel 18, Leah 15 and Luke 12 and six adopted children from China with varying medical physical challenges and conditions, including cleft palates, cranial deformities...

The Future of the Burns School

It has been my distinct honor to become the director of the Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate & Construction Management during the year of its 75th anniversary. When I joined the Burns School and the Daniels College of Business last fall, I immediately...