NoCo Newsletter | December 3, 2019

REAL ESTATE & BUSINESS NEWS

• Drilling, dollars & debt: Colorado’s oil and gas industry is leveraged to the hilt. What does that mean for the future?
  
• Compared to the rest of the nation, Denver homeowners aren’t typical. They’re more like tumbleweeds.
  
• New theater in the wings for Fort Collins filling gap left by Midtown Arts Center
  
• In Denver’s migration patterns, Weld County and the Windy City share top spots
  
• New development to add more high-end condos to heart of downtown Fort Collins
  
• Self-Storage investors face falling rents due to high competition
  
• Retail real estate has taken a beating, but the level of bearishness in the sector is beginning to abate.
  
• Retailer results send mixed signals on consumer spending
  
• What’s becoming of Denver’s former Sears and Kmart stores?
  
• Construction labor shortages in the multifamily sector may start to ease next year
  
• Foothills struggles to meet expectations five years after multimillion-dollar renovation
  
• Thanksgiving Day shopping frenzy tops record with $4.1B spent
  
• Denver’s scandal-plagued convention project is closer to inking contract — but big questions unresolved
  
• King Soopers launching fee-free meal delivery service in Denver
  

ECONOMIC & EMPLOYMENT NEWS

• What Warren forgets about ‘shameless’ profiting in housing.
  
• Colorado unemployment rate ties historic low
  

GOVERNMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE

• Environmental review released for Fort Collins' proposed expansion of Halligan Reservoir
  
• Poudre Express bus service to connect Fort Collins, Windsor and Greeley
  
• Fort Collins City Council’s progressive shift makes waves in first seven months