99.9 percent of all businesses in America are small businesses. Not large corporations. Not publicly traded giants. Small businesses, built by entrepreneurs who took a risk, worked long hours, and created something real. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2025 Small Business Profile, those 36.2 million businesses employ 62.3 million Americans, nearly half of the entire private-sector workforce.
Proud to contribute another article to the July 2026 edition of the Colorado Real Estate Journal.
If you're running a growing business with 25 employees, there's a good chance you've asked yourself a simple but important question:
How much office space do we actually need?
Over the last 18 months, many private investors have been evaluating net-leased commercial real estate opportunities as part of a broader search for income-producing assets. In the current commercial real estate environment, elevated interest rates, macroeconomic uncertainty, and refinancing risk continue to influence investor decision-making.
Net-leased retail properties remain a meaningful area of investor interest, while select medical office and industrial properties with stable tenants and long-term occupancy needs may also fit certain investors’ criteria.
Lowrey Burnett, Fountainhead Commercial founder, represented a buyer & successfully closed the transaction.
The client, an established Denver-based HVAC contractor, just acquired a commercial office property in Wheat Ridge, CO.
The consensus was clear: 2025 was the floor. 2026 is a recovery year. And 2027 is shaping up to be a “banner” year.
I left the event agreeing with that read. But I also left with a sharper conviction about something I have believed for a while: this recovery is not going to lift all boats. The Denver office market is bifurcating, and the gap between the buildings that win and the ones that struggle is getting wider by the quarter. If you are a business owner leasing or considering purchasing office space, understanding which side of that line your space sits on matters more right now than almost anything else.
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