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Q1 2026 Denver Industrial Investor Report
Denver’s industrial real estate market is repricing in Q1 2026, with vacancy at a two-decade high of 9.2% and a 7.7% market cap rate offering the best entry yields since before the pandemic. Trailing-12-month sales volume reached $2.1 billion across 586 trades, up 16% year-over-year, with pricing settling at $168/SF — roughly 10% below the 2022 peak. Submarket leaders like DIA (+516 KSF net absorption) and North Denver (+472 KSF) are outperforming, while disciplined investors are finding durable cash-flow opportunities the frothy 2021–2022 cycle never offered.
Q1 2026 Denver Retail Occupier Report
Denver’s retail real estate market opened Q1 2026 at its tightest in recent memory, with vacancy holding at 4.4% and asking rents rising 2.6% year-over-year to $27.46/SF NNN. The construction pipeline stands at just 619,000 SF — 96.9% pre-leased — leaving almost no first-generation options available for occupiers. This report breaks down the seven data points every Denver retail tenant needs to understand heading into Q2 2026.
Q1 2026 Denver Industrial Occupier Report
Denver’s industrial vacancy reached 9.2% in Q1 2026 — a two-decade high — while asking rents fell 2.2% year-over-year to $11.64/SF NNN. With negative net absorption and a contracting construction pipeline, occupiers have real leverage to negotiate favorable lease terms. Read SVN Denver Commercial’s full Q1 2026 analysis.
SVN Research & Reports
Economic Update – February 26, 2026
1. COMMERCIAL PROPERTY PRICES • According to MSCI-RCA, commercial property prices edged higher in January, rising 0.3% year over year. However, price momentum has weakened in recent months, with the annualized monthly pace of decline reaching -1.3%. • The...
Economic Update – February 13, 2026
This February 2026 CRE economic update covers 10 key indicators shaping commercial real estate markets — from a surprisingly strong jobs report to surging logistics activity and record office loan delinquencies. 1. JANUARY JOBS REPORT • Total nonfarm payrolls rose by...
Economic Update – January 30, 2026
This commercial real estate economic update for the week of January 30, 2026 covers ten key indicators shaping U.S. and Denver CRE markets, including industrial performance, GDP growth, PCE inflation, consumer confidence, and the rising tide of data center investment....
Northern Colorado Talking Points
Talking Points – May finally produces a ‘normal’ trading month for NoCOCRE properties
NoCOCRE Vacancy Flirts with a 10% Rate this YearCap Rates Across all Sales average 7.4% now in NoCOCRE DealsContact our advisors to see how they can help you with your property May was a month of (finally) high CRE trade activity within the NoCOCRE tri-county region...
Talking Points – Local Investors and Owner-Occupants Dominate March Trading Activity
Trades below $1.2 million are the majority for March sales transactionsQ1 leasing activity rebounds from Q4 2024 to a pace of over 300,000 SFContact our advisors to see how they can help you with your property The NoCOCRE market of Boulder, Weld and Larimer counties...
Talking Point – Land deal tops February NoCOCRE sales activity, though overall sales remain modest
Sales Volume in NoCO CRE Low Compared to Last Five YearsOverall NoCO CRE Vacancies Rise as Absorption of Space DeclinesContact our advisors to see how they can help you with your property February showed another modest pace for commercial real estate property sales in...