RE Conference: Institutional frenzy? Not yet, industry professionals say

BOULDER — As cap rates decline, property values skyrocket and interest rates remain flat, institutional commercial real estate investors are beginning to dip their toes into the Boulder market. However, several systemic hurdles remain to be cleared before activity can heat up to the level of other major tech and biopharmaceutical markets.

That was the message out of the panel “Institutional Frenzy: Large-scale investors and the impact on smaller buyers” Thursday at BizWest’s Boulder Valley Real Estate Conference. The session was moderated by Juliana Massaro, special counsel at Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti. 

“Generally speaking, I don’t characterize [the institutional investing situation in…