A 6,968-square-foot freestanding retail building at 1410 S Wadsworth Blvd in Lakewood has been leased to Timeless Relics & What-knots. Montana Rae of Henry Group Real Estate represented the landlord in the five-year transaction.

Unlocking the doors to your new retail space is an exhilarating journey. As a commercial real estate broker specializing in the leasing and sales of retail properties in Denver, my mission is to equip you with the precise tools that consistently propel my clients toward success.

As we enter the second half of 2023, I reflect on the past six months and prepare for what the rest of the year has in store. I have gathered insights from my peers in Denver commercial real estate and development through countless conversations and close observations. I hope these distilled observations provide insight into the street-level interactions that influence my daily work.

Approaching leasing in the commercial real estate world can feel like a foray into the Wild West.

Unlike the regulated procedures for buying and selling real estate in Colorado, leasing is a different ballgame. The state government doesn't oversee leasing the same way, which means that almost every aspect of a lease deal is negotiable. It's an intricate and strategic process.

Join me as I explore the conversion of a Denver Rent-A-Center to a boutique fitness studio, SPENGA Wheat Ridge. See the project through the eyes of the ambitious couple who made it a reality. You’ll gain a fresh perspective on the concept of Adaptive Reuse in real estate, the practice of taking a space originally designed for one use and repurposing it into something completely different. Making it happen meant looking beyond the obvious to spot the true potential of the building and proving that sometimes beauty in real estate, and in life, lies beneath the surface.