Boulder, CO Airport Shows Off!
The Boulder Municipal Airport will have an open house on Saturday, May 10th, hosted by Journeys Aviation and C.M.L. Air Limited.
While they may not have any SR-71 Blackbirds at the event (although I’m not certain) you will be able to view new, vintage, sport, antique, and military aircraft. Read more
Boulder Farmer’s Market On Wednesdays Again
The local Boulder Farmer’s Market will once again open for the season on Wednesdays beginning this week.
Typically there are lots of people showing up for the weekend farmer’s market at its 13th street location: between Arapahoe and Canyon Blvd. Fewer people seem to be aware that there’s another opportunity on Wednesdays. Read more
Boulder Steel Yards Is a Great Downtown Alternative
The Steel Yards is a Boulder real estate development that has, in my opinion, revitalized this eastern part of Boulder and become a highly desirable alternative to downtown Boulder for many condo and town home buyers in our area.
We’ve been into a year or more of resales in this mixed-use neighborhood and prices and sales still remain strong. It’s a concept that’s caught on and worked better here than in many incantations that I’ve seen attempted in other areas. Read more
More Boulder Adverse Possession?
Would you believe that we’re seeing another possible adverse possession case in Boulder again? I’d think that people that own Boulder real estate would have caught on by now and considered doing their homework before fooling around with each other’s property.
The owner of a mobile home park in northeast Boulder put in a fence and it has some people bent out of shape over access to their usual short-cuts through his land. Read more
Green Building Codes For Commercial Boulder Real Estate
The City of Boulder has implemented green building codes on all new homes within the city, and now Boulder officials may be considering the same for commercial buildings. There an immediate tie-in to our local developer, Morgan Creek Ventures and their project, The Walnut.
The Walnut and Morgan Creek Ventures are already ahead of the game in some respects as they haven’t waited for the city to impose standards but rather, they’ve set some of their own. Read more
Boulder Adverse Possession Land Grab Saga Continues
In an interesting turn of events, the hot topic of a recent case of adverse possession in South Boulder may appear to be a fabricated land-grab after all.
Boulder County District Court Judge James C. Klein may have an opportunity to review the case again. I’ve heard through local media sources that Don and Susie Kirlin have suggested Richard McLean and Edith Stevens may have systematically orchestrated a plan to take advantage of Colorado’s Adverse Possession laws so that they could take the Kirlin’s land from them. Read more
Boulder FasTracks Access Doomed?
For anyone interested in the FasTracks Northwest Rail issues and considering commuting options that include FasTracks, this may be an important issue for those between Boulder and Denver.
The latest word is that there may not be any mid-day service on the proposed FasTracks line servicing Boulder. The commuter line planned to connect Denver’s Union Station and Boulder’s proposed Transit Village primarily using Read more
Boulder Home Size Limit Controversy Continues
The ongoing controversy surrounding home sizes in Boulder county could be over as early as next week.
With three public meetings scheduled to discuss the county’s proposal to limit house sizes, you’ll have your opportunity (although you missed one last night) to voice your concerns (or support).
The feeling I get from all the people Read more
Crocs Misses Estimates In Forecast
Crocs Inc, the locally based maker of those famous and colorful shoes, saw its shares fall sharply in after-hours trading recently as the company’s 2008 earnings forecast fell short of Wall Street expectations.
Nonetheless, Crocs continues to charge forward with even more products distributed world-wide. Read more
How Do I Find Green Built Boulder Real Estate?
So you’re thinking about buying Boulder real estate and you want something built green?
The question is where to start and how to determine if what you’re considering buying is really ‘green’ or just some “green-washer’s” misrepresentation.
There are many local Boulder developers and architects that are focused on green building techniques and practices. When choosing an architect or builder for your new home, or when reviewing many of the Boulder condos Read more
Don’t Build Boulder Real Estate On Weekend
So lots of people are getting burned out having to listen to construction noise on the weekend.
Those of us who own Boulder real estate and find themselves in the middle of deadlines trying to finish construction projects may want to get ready for a slow-down.
The Boulder City Council is looking at limiting residential construction to weekdays only. Read more
C.U. Boulder May Pay For Your Bus Ride
A student at C.U. is trying to get the university to increase fees to all students by $2.10 per student per year, in an effort to subsidize the H.O.P. route so that everyone can ride for free.
Students themselves already ride all the RTD bus routes for free in that they have a mandatory fee of just over $50 per semester to cover their use of the buses.
The HOP route connects downtown, twenty ninth street, and the C.U. Campus. The student pushing for the change lives on the route and frequently sees Read more
Boulder Community Foundation Grants $
I joined the Boulder County Community Foundation as a volunteer about a year ago and agreed to give some of my time to work on one of the committees to help process grant requests for the 2007 Community Trust Grant Cycle.
What struck me the most was that there’s not nearly enough money coming in to fully fund all of the grant requests. It was a disturbing part of the process and it made for some very tough decisions for our committee, and I’m sure all of the committee members, volunteering to assist with the Community Trust Grant Cycle. Read more
Boulder Loses Classic Classroom Building
The Sibell Wolle Fine Arts building on the CU campus is a thing of the past. With many other Boulder real estate construction projects bringing in new great things to Boulder, the CU project is not to be outdone.
The almost 100 year old building is coming down to make way for the new 170,000 square foot Visual Arts Complex which is scheduled to open in the ‘09-’10 school year. By the time you’re reading this, the old Sibell Wolle building should be gone.
The building was named after Muriel Sibell Wolle Read more
Markel Homes’ Dakota Ridge Village
Markel Homes Construction Company is a good example of a high quality home builder in Boulder, CO. In fact, one of their projects really stands out to me at Dakota Ridge Village and you better get busy soon if you want to own one of their new homes as they’re getting ready to finish up the project with just a few home-sites left.
They don’t come cheaply. I’m told that homes along Dakota just west of 5th are listed for around $1.2 to $1.4 million. The Markel website shows that there are homes to be had on Denver Street and 5th Street for the mid $700’s up to just shy of $1 million. Appreciation has been good for the last few years Read more
150 Years of Boulder History
Boulder, CO is about to celebrate its 150th year as a city in 2009. The last time Boulder celebrated this big it was 1959 and Alaska had just become the 49th state. Boulder has many unique landmarks and highlights since the mid-1800’s.
Planning is now under way for the sesquicentennial celebration. Boulder’s early days started as a mining supply camp for regional mining endeavors throughout the suburban foothills west of Boulder.
Earlier celebrations in 1909 and again in 1959 included a parade down the center of town on Pearl Street. Now that Pearl St. is a pedestrian mall, the plans will have to change. Read more
Boulder County Approves Green Building Code Draft
Tuesday evening the Boulder County Commissioners gave official approval to a draft which may put in place new building codes that focus on green building. This may also force larger homes in unincorporated Boulder County to have on-site renewable energy systems.
Commisioners will Toor, Ben Pearlman and Cincy Domenico approved BuildSmart which allows the Boulder County Land Use Department to write new building codes. If the commissioners bring them back in April for final approval, the draft could become official.
As green building topics and information becomes more mainstream, I think it becomes increasingly ‘on-topic’ for us in Boulder and that’s why Read more
Free Beer vs. Thinning the Elk Herd
If the post about the elk herd has you down and you want a diversion…
Consider drowning your woes in a pint or two of Mead.
If think that you’re cryin’ in your beer, Read more
Boulder Makes More Money: Boulder Real Estate To Blame
Some people blame a new piece of commercial Boulder real estate for this years sales tax revenue increase.
The Twenty Ninth Street shopping experience has been blasted by many as an underwhelming experience as many shoppers puzzle over who the target market might be for it.
It seems that somebody is shopping there because Read more
Commercial Boulder Real Estate News For Low Income Families
A well known piece of central commercial Boulder real estate may have a new occupant.
Clinica Campesina, a provider of medical and dental care for low-income residents in Boulder, Broomfield and Adams counties may take up residence in the former Kaiser Permanente location near Broadway and North Street (2525 13th St.) across from Boulder’s Community Hospital.
Clinica Campesina is a nonprofit health-care provider Read more
Boulder Icon To Close; Boulder Realtors Distraught
Tom’s Tavern, one of Boulder’s oldest restaurants, will close on Saturday, Dec. 22. Boulder Realtors and other locals have enjoyed Tom’s as one of the best places to get a true tavern-style burger for decades.
Blurb from the BCBR:
The restaurant, at 1047 Pearl St. opened in 1959 and was run by Tom Eldridge until he passed away in May.
Michael Eldridge, Tom’s son, said the restaurant is no longer financially sustainable, and the family doesn’t want to sell it to someone else. Read more
From Cycling to Architecture, Face of Boulder Real Estate keeps changing.
The former site of Cycles of Boulder on Folsom was a place I spent many Saturdays getting ready for a weekend pleasure ride or gearing up for a Sunday race day on my Honda Interceptor and later my CBR 600. Yep, that was a long time ago and if you’re a sport bike enthusiast living in Boulder , you may know just how long ago it was!
Years ago, Cycles of Boulder moved out east to the current Colorado Powersports location in east Boulder on 55th. As the face of Boulder real estate keeps changing, Read more
U.S. 36 Corridor vs. Boulder Real Estate Market
The Boulder paper had an article about Hwy 36 that seemed pertinent to the Boulder real estate market situation and so I’m reproducing parts of it here because it talks about some important changes that took place a little over a year ago.
Interesting to see what’s happening now and measure it against the observations made by Chris Avery in his Daily Camera article. I’ll be looking for some comparisons so let me know if you see something worthwhile. How much of this has come to completion and how’s it affected our local Boulder real estate situation? Read more
Boulder Naked Pumpkin Run
What would you think if you saw a person running through the streets naked with a pumpkin on their head? Actually, it should be called the naked jack-o-lantern run since I don’t think the pumpkin head would work too well as a helmet without being carved into a jack-o-lantern.
The Boulder-born halloween event has spread throughout the country now to places like Seattle, Phoenix and Bloomington (Indiana).
An excerpt from the Naked Pumpkin Run : Read more
Crossroads Commons Redevelopment Moving Forward
According to the Boulder County Business Report, Barnes & Noble Inc. has signed a lease for its new store at Crossroad Commons in Boulder, marking the first step of redevelopment for the shopping center at Pearl and 28th streets.
We’ve heard the stories for a while about Whole Foods expanding at their current location and Barnes & Noble taking on new space. Read more
Is Downtown Boulder Really Worth It?
I remember an article from the Boulder Daily Camera a few weeks ago about this topic and since we have a condo for sale in downtown Boulder, this issue keeps rattling around in my head.
I remember that one of the salient points of the article was that the value, or perceived value, always comes down to supply and demand. Read more
Owners of Boulder Real Estate May Pay More For H20
Fortunately for residential water users, it sounds like both water use is down and costs are down. Strange thing is, Boulder business owners water use is down but their costs are up. What’s up with that?
Another great article at the Boulder County Business Report by David Clucas reports that the city’s latest figures Read more
Access to Boulder Real Estate: US 36 Corridor
There’s a public meeting for anyone interested in the latest on the US Highway 36 Corridor issues. This could have a large impact on Boulder real estate and certainly the transportation issues in and out of the city.
I remember spending lots of time commuting from my home in central Boulder to downtown Denver back in the 1980’s and it seemed like Boulder was more of a ‘bedroom’ community. Read more
BolderBoulder is Moving!
When I first got the email, I thought something was wrong… How could the BolderBoulder leave Boulder? Okay, it only took me seconds to figure it out: they’re abandoning their headquarters on North Broadway. How could they leave such a prime piece of Boulder real estate?!
So, I move ahead again, too quickly and follow the link to the sight to snag one of the “Sea Level Is For Sissies” tee shirts. Read more
Century Theater Gives Tour Of New Commercial Boulder Real Estate
I was looking forward to seeing my friends, Jen and Walt Voegtli today for lunch.
One of the things I love about my profession, selling Boulder Real Estate, is that I get to make it my business to socialize a lot, and spend time face to face with my friends and clients. Read more
Boulder Real Estate Not Seeing Brunt of Mortgage Crisis
The Boulder Daily Camera Business Plus on Monday printed an article by Mark Collins that I thought was particularly interesting.
His article: The Mortgage Mess covered several salient issues but one of the conclusions that really struck home is the simple fact that it boils down to simple supply and demand economics. Read more
Commercial Boulder Real Estate Gets Us Out Of The Heat
It’s my daughter’s 9th birthday so we jump in the car and scoot in to Boulder to catch a movie at the new 29th Street in Boulder and grab some grub since some novice with a backhoe cut off electricity to many of the homes in our neighborhood. Some people don’t think the Boulder Valley real estate market is all that “hot” but I’m telling you, in my neighborhood it was hot as hell yesterday with no A/C.
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