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— Land & Development Quarterly — July 2016
CONTENTS
Letter from the Editor
I
f there is one thing I remember
about veteran Colorado Springs
land broker Dale Wheeler and
his market forecasts, it is his
penchant to start each by para-
phrasing Will Rogers: “Land, there is
only so much and they aren’t making
more of it.”
So when it came time for me to
introduce our inau-
gural issue of the
Land & Development
Quarterly, naturally,
Rogers andWheeler
kept popping into
my head. And while
I will try to limit my
quoting of Rogers,
his thoughts on land
from nearly a cen-
tury ago still remain true today – they
aren’t making any more.
So what is happening with this com-
modity in Colorado?
In our debut issue, Eric Roth, Mitch
Trevey, Michael Ehler and Craig Ander-
son examine what is happening in
submarkets and cities along the Front
Range – from rawwater requirements
to booming businesses guiding devel-
opment.
Adam Krueger from the city of
Thornton discusses the importance
of timing for municipalities and how
they have had to adjust their percep-
tion of development projects and make
changes to development review pro-
cesses to be competitive.
Multiple developers also contributed
to this issue, giving insights into their
projects, including RidgeGate, 2534
and Forest Trace, and the challenges of
developing in today’s market.
Additionally, Craig Karn of Consilium
Design looks at the role that preserving
the inherent virtues of a site plays in its
success and Kory Mitchell of Earth Ser-
vices &Abatement shares the 18-year
journey of prepping Stapleton’s rede-
velopment.
S. Robert August also gives readers a
peek at the state of custom home sites
in the Denver metro area.
Overall, this Colorado Real Estate
Journal publication endeavors to cover
statewide issues, topics and trends
including: entitlements (annexation,
zoning, permitting); infrastructure
(major projects and case studies);
construction costs; national and state
legislation that impacts the develop-
ment business; impacts of light rail
and other transportation projects on
development and growth patterns; civil
engineering and architecture; notable
development projects planned, under-
way and recently completed; pricing
trends for residential, commercial
and industrial land; the homebuild-
ing industry; metropolitan special
improvement districts; and legal and
accounting practices that are relevant
to the industry.
Ambitious? Maybe, but I hope you
will join us on this journey and the lat-
est special section of the CREJ.
Jennifer Hayes
303-623-1148, Ext. 106
