3 Colorado Commercial Properties I’d Buy Right Now!
Where should you invest in Colorado commercial real estate right now?
In this solo episode, Aviva Sonenreich breaks down three real buildings (that are for sale) she’d buy today, from tech-infused industrial properties in Boulder to high-credit tenants near Denver International Airport.
You’ll also learn her CoStar search hack that helps brokers and investors spot opportunities before anyone else.
If you’re watching from Colorado (or looking to invest here), this one’s for you.
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Here are three commercial real
estate buildings I'd buy in
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Colorado right now and a Co star
hack you need to know.
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So if you love commercial real
estate or if you have any
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questions, put it in the
comments what you want to learn
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about what questions you have
and I'm going to respond to all
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comments.
Also make sure to like subscribe
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and share this with your friends
who also love commercial real
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estate.
Now, as you guys like to know, I
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like to keep it simple.
So if I were to buy a $1 million
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property, but it's multi family
and we'll say it's 5 units.
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In those five units there are 5
dishwashers, 5 disposals, 5
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ovens, maybe a laundry facility
for the whole site, all of these
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things that could break.
And if and when they do break,
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it's at the cost of the
landlord.
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Now if I use that same 1,000,000
to buy a warehouse, say it has 5
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units or even just one or two,
far less inside the unit could
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break.
And in commercial leases, when
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something does break inside the
unit, it's the responsibility of
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the tenant.
So everything we just talked
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about in the multifamily unit,
those are not issues for
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commercial real estate
landlords.
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Additionally, warehouses operate
during business hours, whereas
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multifamily, everything's going
wrong during nights and
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holidays.
So I don't know if you prefer to
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get calls during nights and
holidays or business hours.
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I'd rather work during business
hours.
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So if I had to buy 3 buildings
in Colorado right now,
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commercial real estate
properties, these would be the
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ones.
I'm going to go through each one
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of these commercial real estate
acquisitions and we will then
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take a deeper look at why I
would buy the building.
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Prime tenants, powerful
locations, and long term upside.
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Simplicity.
The goal is simplicity.
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Now stick around at the end
because I'm sharing a costar
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hack that is going to change the
way you source deals forever.
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Already.
Back to this guy.
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Seems like Palmer Luckey has
been everywhere recently and
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where you might not have
expected him to be is up in
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Boulder, Co.
Let's go, boss.
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That's right, Mr. Luckey's
multibillion dollar defense tech
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company, Andrill, and one of the
fastest growing defense tech
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companies in the United States,
just signed a new lease in
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Boulder.
How do you think about having
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this guy as your tenant?
Do you think he pays rent on the
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first?
Andrill was founded by Palmer
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Luckey, who previously founded
Oculus VR when he was a
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teenager.
He then exited to Facebook for
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$2 billion by the age of 21.
Today, Lucky's building the
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future of defense technology, AI
driven border defense systems,
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autonomous drones, the works.
A few notable contracts include
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$642 million from the US Marine
Corps, a $250 million Pentagon
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contract for the Road Runner
drone interceptor concept, a $99
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million US Air Force contract.
Needless to say, I think his
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rent check is going to clear.
This could be your tenant guys
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so Lucky's press recently has
been significant, only fueling
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the fire behind andrel He was
recently featured on 60 minutes.
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He even sat down with Joe Rogan
to talk about how he's reshaping
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America's defense landscape.
This building represents the
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next wave of commercial real
estate trends.
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Tech infused industrial space
with top tier tenants that blend
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defense, AI and advanced
manufacturing.
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Boulder's industrial supply is
tight, and if the tenant quality
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is elite and the fundamentals
are rock solid, what are you
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waiting for?
One building, 1 lease, 1 tenant,
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and billions of dollars in
defense contracts?
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See where I'm going with this?
So property #2 how many Zen
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pouches could fit into 150,000
square feet?
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Well, according to chat, 14
billion.
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Now that's an upper Decker.
Immediately South of Denver
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International Airport lives a
small industrial area with big
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tenants, buildings and leases.
Philip Morris International
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behind Marlboro Cigarettes
recently announced its new $600
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million Zin factory right here
South of DIA Pepsi just landed
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its new 1.2 million square foot
bottling facility here, a few
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million square feet with my
buddy Jeff at Amazon.
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And the list goes on.
Needless to say, there's quite a
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bit to chew on now.
In between the new Zen factory
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and DEN that's the Denver
International Airport sits Sun
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Empire.
Sun Empire is a stunning new
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industrial campus.
The builder, Opus, has its
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finger on the poles and builds
buildings with unmatched
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features.
Sun Empire Building 1 is 205,000
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square feet with a new lease in
place of Zen PMI occupying about
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75% of the building.
So essentially Zen leased
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150,000 square feet next door to
new factory and now this
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building could be yours.
When you've got multiple high
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credit manufacturers clustering
in one corridor, you're looking
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at a serious growth pocket.
PMI as a tenant is about as high
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credit as it gets.
They're a long standing national
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operator with deep balance
sheets, proven performance and a
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serious investment in
automation.
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This is not just rent, this is
reliability.
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The building itself is premium
product designed to service a
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class industrial, uses high
ceilings, dock high and drive
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indoors fenced yard.
And it's really just the perfect
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combination of functionality and
tenant stability, which in 2026.
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It is the exact formula that
drives commercial real estate
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acquisitions in today's market.
Denver as America's interior
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port is seeing success and if we
could choose one building with
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upside strong fundamentals and
location, we would find
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ourselves at Sun Empire.
Now building #3 is unique and
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that you could buy this property
from me.
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That's right, our company the
warehouse hotline has been
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officially retained to sell 1270
S Lepan St. here in Denver. 1270
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has such stunning features.
It inspired this video, and I'm
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going to take you all inside all
right, so now we're going to go
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to the clips of us inside Bam
bam barrel, the drone video, all
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that good stuff.
Let's see what's cooking at 1270
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S lepan St.
So one of the biggest features
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of this property, aside from the
22 foot ceilings are the
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essentially drive in access.
So on one end we have an
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oversized drive in door.
On the other end we have two
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docks that enable frost dock
functionality.
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Both dock high bearing sizes.
Totally badass.
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This corner lot has two fenced
yards, drive in access, 22 foot
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ceilings, radiant heating, built
out office kitchenette, A
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multimedia room.
I don't know what more you could
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ask for.
Now that's a slam dunk.
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If you or someone you know is
looking for a building in
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Denver, I'd seriously consider
1270 S of Pan.
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And now let's start.
OK, cut that.
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Now we're going to cut to the
loom.
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I want to talk to you about how
I found these deals.
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The reality is is deals create
more deals.
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So I found these deals by doing
other deals.
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I sold a few buildings in
Boulder.
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I had to learn about the
neighboring properties.
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This was a neighboring property.
That's how I found the Boulder
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deal.
I learned about Sun Empire
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because I'm doing deals out by
Denver International Airport.
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So the best way to source deals
is to do deals.
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I could do five other videos on
that and comment if you want me
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to, but I'm going to show you
you my costar hack.
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Everybody hops on Costar. 8:00
AM.
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They come over here and they go
to mother.
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Everybody comes into costar.
They go to sales, they go to for
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sale, they sort what's for sale,
days on market to see what new
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properties have come to market
today.
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This is how everybody is
searching on costar 0 days on
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market, 0 days on market.
The hack that nobody's doing is
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instead of searching for these
properties first thing in the
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morning, I want you to search
for these properties at the end
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of the night.
Why?
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The properties will come in the
market, You know they will
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populate as brokers put them on
the market throughout the day.
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Now a junior broker will look
first thing in the morning
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morning to see what properties
have come on the market and then
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start sending.
A senior broker will check the
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market last thing at night so
they can have the advantage of
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knowing what properties just
came available before the junior
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brokers wake up and send them in
the morning.
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So the brokers who know what
came to market last thing in the
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day can send those out to the
funds appropriately have already
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beat the brokers at 8:00 AM who
are finding these properties and
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sending them to the prospective.
So my costar hack is instead of
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searching what's for sale and
what's new for sale first thing
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in the morning, I want you to do
it at night.
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Let me know what you think and
other costar questions you might
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have.
We've been to outer space and
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back.
We've gotten our nicotine fix
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and we've seen inside a stunning
new Denver listing.
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Comment your commercial real
estate questions below.
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