After 18 months of stakeholder meetings with local governments, real estate developers and consumer advocates, the Colorado Task Force to Study Corporate Housing Ownership is expected to release a report later this month...more
The 2024 Denver ballot features a dozen individual measures, each aimed at addressing pressing city issues. These measures have been placed on the ballot either through City Council action or citizen initiatives, each with...more
Six land use bills passed the Colorado legislature before it adjourned, five of which Gov. Jared Polis has signed into law as of the date of publication. These bills will bring changes to housing development in Colorado with...more
Legislature Gives Local Governments Right of First Refusal on Affordable Housing and Right of First Offer on Certain Market Rate Multifamily Properties -
On the final day of the legislative session, the state legislature...more
The Sheetz v. County of El Dorado decision will create uncertainty in California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado and many other states as cities, counties, developers and property owners reexamine whether existing impact fee...more
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Counties in Colorado may soon have a new way to take advantage of tax increment financing (“TIF”). Currently, there are only two ways to leverage TIF in Colorado: establishment of an urban renewal authority (“URA”) or...more
House Bill 24-1313 was introduced by Colorado House Reps. Steven Woodrow (D-Denver) and Iman Jodeh (D-Arapahoe) along with state Sens. Chris Hansen (D-Denver) and Faith Winter (D-Adams). HB24-1313 represents a “top-down”...more
On Nov. 14, 2023, the Colorado Apartment Association (“CAA”) and Apartment Association of Metro Denver (“AAMD”), which represent thousands of apartment owners, filed a lawsuit against the Colorado Air Quality Control...more
In this off-year election, voters across Colorado decided two statewide ballot measures and determined local races for mayors, city councils, school boards and local ballot measures. Below is a rundown of the results of the...more
In the waning hours of the legislative session, the Colorado General Assembly passed a bill that would ask voters to approve a 10-year property tax relief plan to combat skyrocketing home values and backfill lost revenue for...more
Earlier this month, the city of Denver (“City”) published the “Expanding Housing Affordability Proposed Policy Approach” (“Proposed Policy”). The Proposed Policy is in response to the passage of HB21-1117, which overturned a...more
In the final days of the 2021 legislative session, the Colorado Legislature passed SB-293, intending to temporarily cut property taxes in a last-minute bipartisan attempt to address the anticipated increases in property taxes...more
On May 7, 2021, House Bill 21-1117 was passed by the Colorado General Assembly and is on the governor’s desk for signature. As detailed in our Brownstein Client Alert on Feb. 18, 2021, HB 21-1117 authorizes local governments...more
Among many challenges brought about by COVID-19, changing community needs have illuminated growing underutilization and vacancy among commercial buildings. With the recent drop in hotel occupancy and office tenants...more
On Feb. 17, 2021, four Colorado state legislators introduced a bill that would authorize local governments to require construction of affordable housing within their boundaries without being in violation of the state statute...more
Throughout Colorado, public meetings of virtually all types are being disrupted by the outbreak of COVID-19. In light of the state’s restrictions on public gatherings, many local governments in the Front Range have had to...more
As counties and municipalities react to the outbreak of COVID-19, the typical development process is disrupted. Some jurisdictions have chosen only to suspend building inspections of the interior of occupied residential...more
As counties and municipalities react to the outbreak of COVID-19, the typical development process is disrupted. Some jurisdictions have chosen only to suspend building inspections of the interior of occupied residential...more
An unprecedented number of citizen-initiated ballot measures are making their way through Colorado’s process in advance of the Nov. 3, 2020, election. To date, 257 ballot measures have been submitted for the 2019-2020...more
The 2019 Colorado General Assembly has only been in session for a few weeks, but bills are already pending or in the works that may affect real property and development. Here, we discuss a few of the most impactful. For more...more
By a narrow margin, on Nov. 7, 2017, Denver voters approved a Citizen Ballot Initiative (“Initiative”) that mandates green roofs on all new buildings with over 25,000 square feet of floor area. The Initiative also requires...more
On Oct. 5, 2016, the Colorado Board of Equalization (BOE) approved changes proposed by the Property Tax Administrator that could affect tax increment throughout the state. The Property Tax Administrator’s proposed changes...more
A bill proposing a new development impact fee for a permanent affordable housing fund moved on to the Denver City Council Wednesday.Bill No. 625, proposed by Mayor Michael Hancock and Councilmembers Robin Kniech and Albus...more
The Energize Denver Task Force, a task force created in December 2015 by the City and County of Denver, recently recommended specific energy efficiency benchmarking measures for commercial and multifamily residential...more
Despite some concerns that the real estate market is slowing down, the city's data indicates that the real estate and job market in Denver continue to expand, creating an acknowledged gap between wages and housing costs....more