Since 2017, The Sopris Sun has compiled an annual roundup of commercial space available in Carbondale. Last year, Lynn Kirchner of Amoré Realty informed us of a more efficient way of gathering that data — using realtor software called Flexmls. Our archaic method involved scurrying around town with a clipboard, recording tally marks based on […]
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Scuttlebutt & Calendar
Commercial inventoryFollowing last week’s article, “Commercial inventory remains scarce in Carbondale,” Amoré Realty’s Lynn Kirchner and Kathie Jaycox invited The Sopris Sun to view a database tool that hadn’t existed when our counting efforts began in 2017. A quick search revealed five properties available to lease in Carbondale, including a 1,968-square-foot space on West Main […]
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Commercial inventory remains scarce in Carbondale
Following our annual tradition of pounding pavement and counting the number of commercial spaces in Carbondale, noting which are vacant, The Sopris Sun found 93% of the inventory is currently occupied in 2024. This is the third highest percentage since we began the count in 2017, trailing just behind last year. The slightly higher record […]
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Commercial inventory in high demand in 2023
Each year in June, The Sopris Sun takes a crack at counting all the commercial spaces within Carbondale town limits, then calculating what percentage are occupied. This year, 93% of the commercial inventory was found to be occupied, matching pre-pandemic, 2019 conditions. The makeup of commercial spaces, however, looks quite different than in 2019. The […]
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Commercial inventory shows business is booming
In 2017, Sopris Sun reporter John Colson began an annual tradition by which to measure economic trends in Carbondale. Noting a lack of data in regards to the town’s commercial inventory, he set out to establish a baseline with an “admittedly informal, unscientific and quite possibly incomplete survey of the different nodes of retail and […]
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C’dale commercial occupancy down but not dire
Last year’s freeze is thawing, and the local business scene seems to be emerging mostly intact. Our annual commercial inventory found just 10 fewer operating storefronts and offices than last year. Yes, that’s a negative trend, but with the pending demolition of the Sopris Shopping Center reducing the overall number of units at the same […]