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How Do I Negotiate Operating Expense Caps on a Denver Office Lease? post image
By Brian McCririe
Jul 28, 2026

How Do I Negotiate Operating Expense Caps on a Denver Office Lease?

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Lease Economics
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Denver office tenant reviewing lease alternatives with a tenant rep broker.
By Brian McCririe
Jul 13, 2026

Nobody Wants a Lease: What Denver Tenants Actually Need

No company wants a lease — space is a cost center. What Denver tenants actually need is growth, talent, and margin, and your broker should be solving for that.

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Denver Office Market
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By Brian McCririe
Jul 10, 2026

How Does Landlord Vacancy Affect My Denver Office Renewal Leverage?

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By Brian McCririe
Aug 15, 2026

The first sale you make is to yourself

Grant Cardone's Sell or Be Sold is everything my writing rules ban: hype, grind, all caps. Strip the noise and one idea survives, and it is the one most brokers get wrong. You cannot sell a client past a number you are not sold on yourself. Here is why that decides careers.

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By Brian McCririe
Aug 13, 2026

Landlord Default Risk: What to Check Before You Renew a Denver Office Lease

A wave of Denver office loans is maturing. Distressed landlords cut maintenance, sell, or convert to residential. How to screen your building before you renew.

Lease Economics Denver Office Market
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By Brian McCririe
Aug 11, 2026

Your Denver Office Building Just Sold: What Changes for You

Your Denver office building sold. Your lease terms survive, but management, OpEx recovery, and tax pass-throughs can shift. Here's what to check first.

Lease Economics Denver Office Market Cost
How to Become a Top Producing Commercial Real Estate Broker: Run It Like a Business post image
By Brian McCririe
Aug 8, 2026

How to Become a Top Producing Commercial Real Estate Broker: Run It Like a Business

Rod Santomassimo profiled the top commercial real estate brokers in the country and found eight shared traits. Only one ties the rest together: they run a business that happens to sit inside someone else's firm. Here is what that means for the platform you choose.

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By Brian McCririe
Aug 6, 2026

When to Start Your Denver Office Renewal: The 18-36 Month Rule

Start your Denver office lease renewal negotiation 18 to 36 months before expiration. Past 12 months, buildout timelines kill your alternatives and your leverage.

Lease Economics Denver Office Market Timing
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By Brian McCririe
Aug 4, 2026

Office Lease Renewal Option Deadlines Denver Tenants Miss

Most office lease renewal options require notice 9 to 15 months before expiration. Miss it and the option is void. Here's how Denver tenants protect theirs.

Lease Economics Timing
The CoStar Login Is Not Your Differentiator. You Are. post image
By Brian McCririe
Aug 1, 2026

The CoStar Login Is Not Your Differentiator. You Are.

A sales book makes a claim every commercial real estate broker should sit with: when the product looks identical, the only thing left to compete on is price, unless you differentiate how you sell. For a broker, the data is the product, and everyone has the same data. So what is left?

The Operator's Shelf
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By Brian McCririe
Jul 30, 2026

Should I Choose DTC or Downtown Denver for My Office?

Denver Office Market Space & Footprint Decision
How Do I Negotiate Operating Expense Caps on a Denver Office Lease? post image
By Brian McCririe
Jul 28, 2026

How Do I Negotiate Operating Expense Caps on a Denver Office Lease?

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Lease Economics Cost Denver Office Market
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By Brian McCririe
Jul 25, 2026

Stop chasing yes. The best negotiators get to "that's right."

Chris Voss spent his career talking people out of hostage situations, and his one rule rewires how you think about a deal: stop chasing yes. The brokers who actually move negotiations are the ones who get the other side to say "that's right." Here's why that line matters for your career.

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By Brian McCririe
Jul 23, 2026

What's the Denver Industrial Market Outlook for Tenants?

Denver Industrial Market Timing
Why a Full Pipeline Is a Commercial Real Estate Broker's Real Leverage post image
By Brian McCririe
Jul 18, 2026

Why a Full Pipeline Is a Commercial Real Estate Broker's Real Leverage

A sales book makes a claim every commercial real estate broker should sit with: the more you need a deal, the less likely you are to get it. The fix is not a better closing line. It is a full pipeline, built by prospecting you do months before you need the money.

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Brian McCririe, MCR

Executive Managing Director, SVN | Denver Commercial. National Council Chair, SVN Occupier Services. 25+ years turning CRE into competitive advantage. Non-conformist, broken-down soccer player.

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By Brian McCririe
Jun 15, 2026

How Much Office Space Does My Denver Company Actually Need Per Employee?

Downtown Denver office tower with sublease space available
By Brian McCririe
Jun 15, 2026

Downtown Denver Sublease Is Drying Up: Is the Tenant Window Closing?

Denver office workspace illustrating peak versus average occupancy
By Brian McCririe
Jun 11, 2026

Peak vs. Average Occupancy: The Office-Sizing Mistake Costing Denver Companies

Denver office space representing a downsize, sublease, or hold decision
By Brian McCririe
Jun 10, 2026

Downsize, Sublease, or Hold: The Denver Office Footprint Decision in 2026

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