Virtual real estate classes
Kaplan Professional Schools is launching the state’s first virtual real estate licensing program. It is designed to help students qualify to sit for the Colorado real estate broker licensing exam.
Students can watch pre-recorded lectures and view graphics; take quizzes and view scores; rewind, fast forward or pause to take notes; and access an answer hotline and instructor e-mail response team.
Tuition of $1,099 includes textbooks, unlimited access to the virtual recordings, Kaplan’s Exam Prep live review class and the option to attend as many live classroom review sessions as students want. Visit to see a demonstration, or call 877-333-6009 for information.
Historic Lowry house for sale
The historic Lowry Air Force Base Commander’s Home is for sale.
Built in 1904, the Spanish-style home originally housed the superintendent of the Agnes C. Phipps Memorial Sanatorium, a tuberculosis hospital. It became the Lowry Officer’s Club before being converted into a private residence.
The 3,500-square-foot home at 7400 E. Sixth Avenue Parkway has three bedrooms, formal dining and living rooms, an office/den and a sunroom.
It will be sold through a sealed bid process. Interested buyers should register at and schedule a private appointment with the sales manager. Bids are due June 29.
Blueprint paper goes green
In an effort to further the green movement, a Denver reprographics company will begin offering printing services on recycled paper.
eBlueprint’s new service will give architects, engineers, general contractors, builders and developers the ability to order construction documents and specifications on paper with 30 percent recycled content. Customers also can order recycled paper for in-house printing and plotting.
As a result of its sustainable practices, eBlueprint has reduced its paper consumption by 60 percent in three years, and has reduced its delivery fleet by 30 percent within the past year.
Denver firms win Calif. project
Two Denver companies won a $92.8 million contract to design and build a headquarters for the San Joaquin County, Calif., government in downtown Stockton.
Fentress Bradburn Architects and Hensel Phelps construction have completed more than 50 projects together valued at more than $3.4 billion.
Staff writer Margaret Jackson can be reached at 303-954-1473 or mjackson@denverpost.com.
