Denver Real Estate

Denver is Nation’s 6^th Best City for Business: Denver is the nation’s sixth-best city for business out of 102 major metro areas, MarketWatch declares in its annual ranking. read more here

Vestas Lands 15th North American Wind Turbine Order of 2010: Wind-turbine manufacturer Vestas said Tuesday its Colorado plants will manufacture most of a new, 55-turbine order for a wind farm in British Columbia, Canada. This is in addition to the recent 28-turbine order for the Macho Springs Wind Energy Project wind farm to be built in southwestern New Mexico. read more here

State Adds 3,800 Jobs in November: Colorado employers added 3,800 jobs in November — the first instance of three consecutive months of job gains in three years, according to the state’s Department of Labor and Employment. read more here

Lonely Planet Rates Denver a Top 10 U.S. Place to Go: Denver has been named one of the “Top 10 Places to Go in the U.S. for 2011” by travel-guide publisher Lonely Planet. “It’s like Paris in the West,” Lonely Planet gushes. read more here

Nine Colorado Hotels Ranked Among Best in the World: Nine Colorado hotels, including two first-time honorees, are listed among Travel + Leisure magazine’s top 500 hotels in the world, the magazine announced Monday. The Sonnenalp of Resort of Vail; Little Nell of Aspen; Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch of Avon; The Broadmoor of Colorado Springs; St. Regis Aspen Resort; Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort & Spa; Hotel Teatro of Denver; Vail Cascade Resort & Spa; Ritz-Carlton, Denver. read more here

DIA Named Best North American Airport by Business Traveler: Denver International Airport has been named “Best Airport in North America” by Business Traveler magazine for the sixth straight year. read more here

Boulder Ranks No. 1 in Brainpower and Ft. Collins No. 5: Boulderites as a whole are the most well-educated of residents living in any city in the country, according to the U.S. Uncovered study conducted by Portfolio.com, a business news website. Colorado is the only state to have two cities in the Top 10 list of the study, with Fort Collins ranking as the fifth most educated city. read more here

Springs Building Sells for Largest Amount in 2010: A 2-year-old medical office building next to the new St. Francis Medical Center in northern Colorado Springs has been sold for $19.4 million. It’s apparently the largest private real estate transaction of the year, and comes at a time when investment in commercial real estate has slowed dramatically because of the ongoing economic slump. read more here

Thank you to Jim Renshaw at Land Title for compiling this monthly update of news impacting Denver real estate.