If you were building a 46-story high-rise in downtown San Francisco and your construction project was behind schedule and $11 million over budget, what would you do? Five graduate students in the Master of Science in the Built Environment program at Daniels had 18...
Real Estate and Construction Management Articles
Jackson to AEC Industry Leaders: Generate Value, Set ‘Audacious’ Goals
You can’t hide your head in the sand any longer. Or, perhaps more accurately for this particular audience, the concrete. This was one of the cold, hard truths Barbara Jackson served up to a group of general contractors, architects and engineers who gathered in Denver...
Q4 Report: Apartment rents stabilize in Denver market
The fourth quarter Denver Metro Apartment Vacancy and Rent report shows that apartment vacancy and rents have stabilized. “The Denver Metro apartment market continues to show strong demand with 2,783 units absorbed compared to 3,876 new units added for the quarter,”...
Building Something Better
As the first in his family to go to college, Jeremy Martinez-Quiñones (MS 2018) didn’t have a blueprint to follow on his path to success—he had to start from the ground up. And by now, this is a process with which the graduate of Daniels’ Real Estate and the Built...
Jackson receives lifetime achievement award
The Design-Build Institute of America gave Barbara Jackson its highest honor at their conference Nov. 8 in New Orleans. Jackson, director of the Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management, was recognized as the Brunelleschi Lifetime...
Jackson speaks at REfresh Expo
“Innovate” was the word echoed by Barbara Jackson during her time speaking at the REfresh Expo at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver Oct. 11. Jackson, director of the Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management, addressed a crowd...
Alumni Profile: Learn how recent grad Thomas Tafur built his network at Daniels
Thomas Tafur’s love of construction goes back 300 years. During his childhood summers, growing up on the Canary Islands, he and his dad and sister worked on the family’s 300 year-old home. His family moved to Texas in the 80s. He got his bachelor’s degree in...
30,000 apartments under construction
2018 third quarter apartment report by Daniels College of Business real estate professor The third quarter Denver Metro Apartment Vacancy and Rent report shows that vacancy and rent dropped slightly from last quarter. But a special section of the report focuses on...
Not just a number
Meagan worked hard to get to graduate school. The first-generation student attained a cosmetology license and worked as a hairstylist to put herself through undergraduate school. After graduating from the University of North Texas, Meagan wanted to pursue a career in...









