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As a partner and executive vice president of Etkin Johnson’s Asset Management team, Cyndi Thomas oversees the management, financial performance and business strategy for the company’s extensive property portfolio. Leveraging her extensive experience in real estate acquisitions, financing, restructurings, and asset management, Cyndi helps drive a progressive approach to Etkin Johnson’s asset management that consistently results in income-producing properties with favorable appreciation. Outside of Etkin Johnson, Cyndi is an executive committee board member of the Urban Land Institute – Colorado Chapter and a member of the CU Real Estate Council Board of Directors.

Paul co-founded Hyde Development in 2012 with his father, Mac, to redevelop brownfield sites into new, sustainable, and quality buildings. Prior to launching Hyde Development, Paul co-founded Real Estate Recycling in 1995 to develop contaminated property in MN and WI. Paul is responsible for leading the company’s current development projects and acquisitions.

John is the President and Managing Partner of Comunale Properties and its affiliated companies. John is responsible for strategic planning, capital structuring, business development and all property and asset management operations for Comunale. He is also the founder and Managing Partner of the company’s investment affiliate, The J.Red Group, and serves as the Manager of all new investment partnerships. Under John’s leadership, Comunale has become a fully integrated multi-market real estate platform with more than 30 owned and managed assets.

Brandon Kramer serves as a Senior Associate and Associate Director of the National Office and Industrial Properties Group (NOIPG) of Marcus & Millichap. Brandon focuses on the disposition, acquisition and analysis of Office and Industrial Properties in the Mountain West Region. Brandon brings to Marcus & Millichap, a wealth of knowledge of the Mountain West Region’s Office and Industrial Real Estate market, a principle’s approach to investment from years of development experience and a tenacious, must-win attitude. Brandon’s experience in development and investments amplify his “client first” approach to brokerage. He works diligently to make sure the client’s needs are met in a timely and professional manner. Prior to joining Marcus & Millichap, Brandon was a member of KL Energy, an ethanol production design/build firm. In addition to Project Development and Construction Management, Brandon handled the brokerage and logistics of both feedstock and finished products from the firm’s collection of nationwide plants. In 2013, Brandon joined Marcus & Millichap to focus on building the firm’s Office and Industrial presence in the Denver market. In the last 5 years, Brandon has underwritten over $1.5B in total deal volume and successfully closed on over $150M worth of real estate. In addition to brokering commercial real estate transactions, Brandon also owns and manages several hundred thousand square feet of commercial property, including The Grant Building, one of the first steel frame “skyscrapers” built in the South, a 10-story office building located in Atlanta, GA, constructed in 1898 and a 30K SF multitenant Tech/Flex building in Arvada, CO.

Randall C. (Randy) Hertel joined Majestic Realty Co. in 1988 and currently serves as Executive Vice President and as a member of the Board of Directors. Overseeing Majestic’s Denver/Aurora-area offices, Randy played a lead role in developing the 1,500-acre Majestic Commercenter in Aurora, Colo., as well as premier industrial parks in California and Utah. Named to The Denver Business Journal’s “Who’s Who in Industrial Real Estate” since 1997, Randy sits on the board of the Aurora Economic Development Council and The Children’s Hospital Colorado. He attended Rice University in Houston on an athletic scholarship where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business.

As President and CEO of one of Colorado’s premiere real estate investment firms, Chris is responsible for driving the company’s investments, strategic planning and overall operations. He has successfully acquired, developed and overseen projects in excess of $1.5 billion in Land Development, Office, Retail and Industrial building. One of Chris’ greatest strengths is in finding and creating value in under-managed and ill-conceived properties. Along with his experienced team, he has created investment opportunities utilizing both traditional acquisitions, and forward-thinking financial structuring. Working closely with various state municipalities, urban renewal authorities, metropolitan districts and complex entitlement processes, Chris has been able to get the most complex of deals successfully structured. By proficiently and intelligently understanding the financial opportunities in the acquisition process, Chris has been able to create deal structures which make the investments valuable to all parties involved. With over 35 years in the commercial real estate business, Chris holds a long term and understands the importance of having focus on value creation and stability. Through his leadership, DPC has grown continuously through both good ties and down turns. Before his tenure at DPC, Chris worked for a local Denver developer where he was responsible for project management and leasing of the company’s office, industrial and retail portfolio, and in the banking industry handling OREO work outs. Chris holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Colorado State University with an emphasis on finance and economics.

Chad has been focused on the commercial real estate industry for 17+ years beginning his career in 1998 at Grubb & Ellis Company. After five years of working in the Investment Properties Division at Grubb & Ellis, Chad was recruited to CBRE, a Fortune 500 company and the world’s largest commercial real estate services firm, to form the Colorado Region’s Private Capital Group (PCG). Chad expanded the group’s market share in Colorado from near zero to over 23% in just three years, personally transacting on over $1 billion of commercial real estate properties. Due to his success, CBRE’s senior executives took notice and promoted Chad to the Managing Director of PCG at a national level overseeing 180 brokers in 21 markets. During his five year tenure, he expanded PCG’s reach into 54 markets across the US and Canada consisting of 350 brokers and staff. At the peak, his team traded $6.2 billion in commercial real estate in a single year generating over $100 million in revenue to the firm. In 2008, Chad was promoted to Senior Managing Director making him the youngest person in the firm to achieve that that title worldwide. Additional accolades include PCG’s Broker of the Year, PCG’s Innovator of the Year, PCG’s Team of the Year and consistently finishing in the 10 producing brokers in the Colorado Region. In 2007, the national publication of Real Estate Forum Magazine recognized Chad as one of their annual “Standout Stars.” Since leaving CBRE and forming Brue Capital Partners, Chad has been acquiring commercial properties throughout the US with a focus on properties located in Colorado. Chad’s extensive knowledge of commercial real estate and his vast network of contacts within the industry are invaluable to this effort and will serve the Company well.

Ryan M. Collins is Senior Vice President and head of EastGroup’s Western region. He is responsible for the Company’s operations in our Arizona, California, Nevada, and Colorado markets. Prior to joining EastGroup in May of 2017, Mr. Collins served as Vice President and Asset Manager for Clarion Partners. Mr. Collins received his Bachelor of Business Administration from the McCombs Business School at the University of Texas.

Richard Burrow leads a national consulting team that supports warehouse/distribution and ecommerce fulfillment center development around the country. His most recent Colorado regional experience includes the development of two major projects in Thornton and Aurora, which in total cover nearly two million square feet. Many of Mr. Burrow’s recent projects have received major awards and recognition from industry associations such as the Urban Land Institute and the American Council of Engineering Companies. Richard received his Bachelors in Engineering from the University of Glasgow, Scotland with a concentration in Civil Engineering.