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A very interesting and encouraging commercial quarter in Castle Rock. Not a ton of commercial sales (only 4 commercial buildings were sold in Q1). But, the sales that did occur were notable… first the chart, then a few notes below:
As I said, exciting times on the Castle Rock commercial scene. Stay tuned to see what Q2 brings us!
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Over the past several months, we’ve seen some significantly increasing action with our investment properties. A couple sales and several more offers that we’re working now. This is the time. Vacant spaces are filling, and as they do, prices will justifiably rise.
Click for our current “hotsheet”.
A couple things to note:
185 Caprice Court is JUST LISTED. Rental history here has been fantastic. Market rates put pro-forma net operating income at about $22k/year. Just under an 8% CAP. Also a very inexpensive way to own retail zoned space in Castle Rock
236 Washington in Monument has recently added a couple tenants, but agreed to drop the price to $440k. There are only 3 small offices left vacant in this building, and we are talking with interested parties about 2 of those right now. Buy at this discount, and once the building fills up, a 7.5% CAP makes this a $500k+ asset.
An open house was hosted at Castle View High School last week to give residents a good look at Castle Rock’s biggest ever road project, which is about to get underway. The $55 million dollar road will provide a 2-lane extension of North Meadows Drive to I25, and hopefully alleviate some serious local congestion. As residents of the popular Meadows community are well aware, certain times of day can get pretty difficult along the existing entry/exit points from the Founders interchange. Opinions are generally pretty positive that this will ease those pains. And in my opinion, really pave (pun intended) the way for home desirability and values to continue their healthy growth.
Click for a link to CRGov’s North Meadows Extension page.
Hi friends,
The Douglas County Econ Summary for Q3 was just released (I know… a tad late, but the data is still very telling about the direction we’re headed). A lot of good information. Employment and consumer confidence stregthened. Home sales and building permits are up. Foreclosures are down. Money Mag named Castle Rock one of the 20 best places to live. We’ve got primary employers growing here and moving here.
But, as you might guess, what I particularly like to see are the resulting, falling vacancy rates in commercial properties. Less vacancy leads to more quality growth and improvement. Especially with the core entities that make our town tick… town council and staff, EDC, chamber, DDA, DMA and those of us who operate here and love the town. Maybe I’m overly positive, but all indications are that we have really formed a nice base to start building on.
I’ll post the following chart, which tells a pretty good story. And feel free to send me an email (TOgden@HoffLeigh.com) if you’d like the entire report (I couldn’t find a link, but do have a digital copy):
“Douglas County ranks as the county with the fastest growth rate for total personal income over the 25-year period from 1986 to 2011, according to the On Numbers blog.” - Denver Business Journal
Once again, as 2013 begins, we’ve attempted to sort through and simplify the commercial sales data for Castle Rock. As a 2-year rolling window, the following chart represents sales in the calendar years 2011-2012:
This latest quarter brought another group of single tenant, owner-user purchases. Office condos, church, medical, auto. But a handful of investor purchases as well. With vacancy as low as it is in our area, we definitely expect to see demand and prices continue to rise.
Be sure to visit (or subscribe to) the rest of our reports and Castle Rock commercial related info at: http://castlerockcommercialrealestate.com/.
And as alway, contact us anytime for no-obligation commercial searches or listing proposals (leasing or sales). TOgden@HoffLeigh or 303-351-2217
Definitely worth taking some time to read our friend Walt Korinke’s latest post about the various commercial projects in Castle Rock:
Just catching up on some LinkedIn discussions. And I came across this very simplified, very helpful summary of what the “Fiscal Cliff” means, should we happen to fall off it.
See the newsletter at First American Exchange Company’s website, for full details. But, I’ll cut-n-paste the main points here, for your convenience:
Long Term Capital Gains – The current maximum rate of 15% is scheduled to expire on January 1st, increasing to 20%.
Medicare Tax – Effective January 1st there will be a new 3.8% tax on investment income for taxpayers earning above $200,000 (filing single).
Estate Taxes – Currently estates are taxed at 35%, with an exemption level of $5,000,000 per person. If no action is taken, the top rate will increase to 55% and the exemption level will decrease to $1,000,000.
Ordinary Income Tax – If Congress does not act, the current income tax rates will increase for most taxpayers.
Payroll Tax – Taxpayers have enjoyed a 2% cut in the Social Security tax on salaries and self-employment income.
Ouch. 