Eight days that changed me.
It started, like a lot of the best things in life do, as a conversation between two people.
A wild idea. Wouldn't it be something to climb Kilimanjaro? The tallest mountain in Africa, the tallest free-standing mountain in the world, 19,341 feet of dream sitting on the far side of the planet. It could have stayed exactly that, a conversation. But the idea caught fire. Two of us became three, then five, then seven, as friends and neighbors heard the plan and decided they couldn't stand the thought of missing it. By the time we boarded our flights on August 5, 2026, we were a team of seven ordinary people chasing a decidedly un-ordinary goal: Todd Schrader, who dreamed the whole thing up, Acer and Sage Rogers, Dawn McCombs, Gary Garcia, my neighbor Scott Organ, and me.
For many business owners, the expiration date on a commercial lease feels like a deadline that is still far enough away to ignore. After all, running a business demands attention every day. Customers need to be served, employees need leadership, and operations rarely slow down. Commercial real estate often gets pushed to the bottom of the priority list until the lease is only a few months from ending.
Unfortunately, waiting too long can become one of the most expensive mistakes a business owner makes.
The Denver Metro commercial real estate market continues to adapt to a changing economic environment shaped by higher interest rates, evolving workplace strategies, and shifting business expansion plans. While market activity has slowed from the record pace experienced in recent years, both the industrial and office sectors continue to present opportunities for occupiers, investors, and property owners.
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?
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