Sloan Macy (MA 2003 & MS 2019) is an all-in sort of person. A dig in your heels, do the job right kind of person. The super-motivated student who gets two master’s degrees from DU in two totally unrelated programs because she wanted to be the very best she could...
Real Estate and Construction Management Articles
Bang … Zoom!
After COVID-19 hit, most of us went in front of the camera. Eric Holt got behind it. Holt, assistant professor in Daniels’ Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management, used the pandemic to fundamentally change the way he teaches his...
Wine Night Done Right
Vino Everywhere is a startup that revolutionizes the wine consumption experience. Whether it’s used for a wine night, a bachelorette party or a day at the beach, the company’s “Wine Straw” product is already grabbing the attention of investors. Michael Greenwood is a...
Course Correction
Rendered jobless by COVID-19 in the spring of 2020, Stephanie Royal took inventory of her life. After a dozen exhilarating yet exhausting years in the private service industry, working for the fabulously wealthy on yachts and at their massive estates, she was ready...
Apartment Survey Shows Cyclical Rent Increase Trend
Researchers at the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business released the first quarter Denver Metro Apartment Vacancy and Rent report for 2021. The average rent increased to an overall average rent of $1,543.59, from $1,510.26 for an increase of $33.33 from...
More Than a New Classroom
Daniel Close (BSBA 2010) remembers enjoying classes at Daniels the most when industry experts visited. Close, who is now first vice president at CBRE, knew in high school that he wanted to go into real estate. As a student, he thrived while engaging with industry...
University of Denver Showcases First-of-Its-Kind Project for Solar Decathlon
The Zoom presentations are over; the final scores have been tallied; and for now, a partially renovated 1950s era home sits quietly on South Race Street, marking the end of the Department of Energy’s 2020 Solar Decathlon competition. For University of Denver students...
A Perfect Fit
When Harris Griswold (MS 2021) was researching master’s degree programs, he was looking for the perfect fit. “My girlfriend had family in Denver, and we always had our eyes on Colorado. I had close connections and mentors who graduated from the University of Denver,...
How COVID-19 Accelerated Existing Commercial Real Estate Trends
We’re all too familiar with hearing about businesses closing, offices shuttering and workers setting up at home as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. But now that the commercial real estate industry has lived in this reality for more than a year, we can examine how...









