Construction begins Thursday on the biggest office tower to dot the Denver skyline in years.

Chicago-based Riverside Investment & Development Co. will break ground on a 30-story, $400 million  office tower at 1900 Lawrence, a company official said Wednesday.

Yesterday, hundreds of commercial real estate professionals tuned in for the first annual IREJ Real Estate Awards. The event also honored the career of Jim McShane with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

There’s an invisible obstacle to reviving Chicago’s economy from the coronavirus pandemic.