Commercial lender bullish on Boulder market

Commercial lending from banks in the region is picking up.

So says Charles Holmes, a 30-year bank veteran in the Boulder market and head honcho of Centennial Bank’s Boulder office at 2500 Broadway.

Since opening a little more than a year ago, the Boulder bank branch has made $36 million in loans in the local market and now has more than $7 million in deposits. That’s ahead of where the bank projected it would be just 15 months after opening.

Holmes continues to be bullish on the Boulder-area commercial real estate market. He says he has watched local trends long enough to…