The office building at 8900 Liberty Circle in Douglas County sold for $15 million. (Courtesy Mobile TV Group)
There are a number of giant vacant office buildings in and around Denver.
But Nick Garvin said the one in Douglas County that his company just bought stands out.
“What that building has other than a lot of space — which isn’t that hard to come by these days — it has live production capabilities and other production infrastructure that almost no other building has,” Garvin said.
The local firm Garvin leads as CEO, Mobile TV Group, paid $15 million last week for the five-story, 316,500-square-foot office building at 8900 Liberty Circle, on the southern end of Centennial Airport.
The building, on the market for more than a year and a half, was sold by billionaire John Malone’s Liberty Media Corp. whose headquarters are next door.
The 8900 Liberty Circle building was formerly home to the cable channel Starz, which was once part of Liberty Media but spun off as a separate company in 2013. Starz recently moved its office to Greenwood Village.
Mobile TV Group helps broadcasters such as Fox Sports and ESPN cover professional sports and other live events — about 4,500 a year.
“We cover over half the NBA, NHL and MLB,” Garvin said, adding the company also aids in broadcasting less-popular sports such as pickleball.
One core component of the company’s business is building and operating mobile production units, essentially 18-wheelers filled with everything a broadcaster needs to go live from the field.
“Think of it as a data center, master control room on wheels,” Garvin said.
A mobile production unit created by Douglas County-based Mobile TV Group. (Courtesy Mobile TV Group)
Mobile TV Group is currently based in a 40,000-square-foot building it owns about a mile away, at 8455 Highfield Parkway. Garvin said the company will continue operating there as it expands into 8900 Liberty Circle.
Mobile TV won’t take over the whole structure. Garvin said the company will seek to lease out significant chunks to other tenants.
The infrastructure associated with 8900 Liberty Circle previously being home to a cable channel is what made Mobile TV want to buy it, Garvin said. Batteries and a generator system mean the structure “can run for 18 days without power.”
“When you go to turn on your team, you have to see them,” he said.
Mobile TV Group has about 150 full-time employees, and contracts regularly with others. Garvin said there will be hiring in connection with the growth that is planned as the company starts using the new building.
“We see this as a broadcast facility supporting the whole country, and even the globe,” he said. “We’re thrilled to be utilizing the building for its intended purpose.”
Mobile TV Group CEO Nick Garvin, center, in the former Starz building alongside company executives Dale Canino and Peter Wehner. (Courtesy Mobile TV Group)
Garvin was named CEO of the Mobile TV Group in June, taking over from his father Philip, who founded the company in 1993. Philip Garvin used to own the Riverpoint office building next to REI at 2300 15th St. in Denver and operated a studio there, his son said.
The Denver Nuggets occasionally came by to do stuff for commercials, and the team eventually tapped Philip Garvin to help with their live production work. That led to the creation of Mobile TV Group.
Philip Garvin died in September at age 76 after a battle with cancer.
“This was a project we were working on together,” Nick Garvin said of the Douglas County acquisition.
JLL represented Liberty Media in the sale of 8900 Liberty Circle. JLL broker Larry Thiel said he and his colleagues targeted both investors and owner-users. Mobile TV Group entered the picture in early 2024.
“I think a lot of people from the investor point of view had some changes underwriting what a lease-up scenario would look like,” Thiel said.
The sale of the former Starz building occurred a week after the $45 million sale of TTEC’s onetime headquarters, which sits just south of it on the other side of E-470. That building was built by the hospital chain CommonSpirit, which plans to demolish it in order to create a 42-acre medical campus.
Liberty Media, meanwhile, is spinning off most of its assets besides Formula One auto racing into a separate publicly traded company called Liberty Live. Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei plans to step down at year end.
The office building at 8900 Liberty Circle in Douglas County sold for $15 million. (Courtesy Mobile TV Group)
There are a number of giant vacant office buildings in and around Denver.
But Nick Garvin said the one in Douglas County that his company just bought stands out.
“What that building has other than a lot of space — which isn’t that hard to come by these days — it has live production capabilities and other production infrastructure that almost no other building has,” Garvin said.
The local firm Garvin leads as CEO, Mobile TV Group, paid $15 million last week for the five-story, 316,500-square-foot office building at 8900 Liberty Circle, on the southern end of Centennial Airport.
The building, on the market for more than a year and a half, was sold by billionaire John Malone’s Liberty Media Corp. whose headquarters are next door.
The 8900 Liberty Circle building was formerly home to the cable channel Starz, which was once part of Liberty Media but spun off as a separate company in 2013. Starz recently moved its office to Greenwood Village.
Mobile TV Group helps broadcasters such as Fox Sports and ESPN cover professional sports and other live events — about 4,500 a year.
“We cover over half the NBA, NHL and MLB,” Garvin said, adding the company also aids in broadcasting less-popular sports such as pickleball.
One core component of the company’s business is building and operating mobile production units, essentially 18-wheelers filled with everything a broadcaster needs to go live from the field.
“Think of it as a data center, master control room on wheels,” Garvin said.
A mobile production unit created by Douglas County-based Mobile TV Group. (Courtesy Mobile TV Group)
Mobile TV Group is currently based in a 40,000-square-foot building it owns about a mile away, at 8455 Highfield Parkway. Garvin said the company will continue operating there as it expands into 8900 Liberty Circle.
Mobile TV won’t take over the whole structure. Garvin said the company will seek to lease out significant chunks to other tenants.
The infrastructure associated with 8900 Liberty Circle previously being home to a cable channel is what made Mobile TV want to buy it, Garvin said. Batteries and a generator system mean the structure “can run for 18 days without power.”
“When you go to turn on your team, you have to see them,” he said.
Mobile TV Group has about 150 full-time employees, and contracts regularly with others. Garvin said there will be hiring in connection with the growth that is planned as the company starts using the new building.
“We see this as a broadcast facility supporting the whole country, and even the globe,” he said. “We’re thrilled to be utilizing the building for its intended purpose.”
Mobile TV Group CEO Nick Garvin, center, in the former Starz building alongside company executives Dale Canino and Peter Wehner. (Courtesy Mobile TV Group)
Garvin was named CEO of the Mobile TV Group in June, taking over from his father Philip, who founded the company in 1993. Philip Garvin used to own the Riverpoint office building next to REI at 2300 15th St. in Denver and operated a studio there, his son said.
The Denver Nuggets occasionally came by to do stuff for commercials, and the team eventually tapped Philip Garvin to help with their live production work. That led to the creation of Mobile TV Group.
Philip Garvin died in September at age 76 after a battle with cancer.
“This was a project we were working on together,” Nick Garvin said of the Douglas County acquisition.
JLL represented Liberty Media in the sale of 8900 Liberty Circle. JLL broker Larry Thiel said he and his colleagues targeted both investors and owner-users. Mobile TV Group entered the picture in early 2024.
“I think a lot of people from the investor point of view had some changes underwriting what a lease-up scenario would look like,” Thiel said.
The sale of the former Starz building occurred a week after the $45 million sale of TTEC’s onetime headquarters, which sits just south of it on the other side of E-470. That building was built by the hospital chain CommonSpirit, which plans to demolish it in order to create a 42-acre medical campus.
Liberty Media, meanwhile, is spinning off most of its assets besides Formula One auto racing into a separate publicly traded company called Liberty Live. Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei plans to step down at year end.
