Unico: Finding the right retail tenant mix is key for downtown Boulder’s landlords

BOULDER — Maximizing Pearl Street Mall’s potential as a lively regional retail and dining hotspot requires that Boulder landlords avoid the urge to push rental rates to their upper limits at the expense of fostering the right mix of tenants. 

“We have been in an environment of rising rents and that’s made it hard for local retailers,” said Austin Kane, the Colorado regional vice president with Seattle-based real estate investment firm and Boulder commercial property landlord Unico Investment Group LLC.

“What we are trying to do is identify the best…