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Larry Braud

Larry Braud

VP

Dividend Capital

Kim Sperry

Kim Sperry

Managing Director

Amstar

Navin Dimond

Navin Dimond

Founder & CEO

Stonebridge Companies

John Zogg

John Zogg

President, Southwest Region

Goldenrod

Grant McCargo

Grant McCargo

CEO

Urban Villages

Bill Mosher

Bill Mosher

Senior Managing Director

Trammell Crow Company

Walter "Buz" Koelbel, Jr.

Walter "Buz" Koelbel, Jr.

President

Koelbel and Company

David Sternberg

David Sternberg

EVP

Brookfield Properties

Jonathan Alpert

Jonathan Alpert

Partner

Westfield Company

Paul Books

Paul Books

President

Palisade Partners

Larry Braud

VP

Dividend Capital

Larry Braud is a Vice President, Asset Management with Dividend Capital Diversified Property Fund, a public reporting, daily NAV vehicle based in Denver, CO that invests in a diversified portfolio of commercial real estate assets. DPF owned 57 properties totaling approximately 9.3 million square feet in 20 geographic markets as of March 31, 2016. More information is available at www.dividendcapitaldiversified.com.

Navin Dimond

Founder & CEO

Stonebridge Companies

Navin Dimond is the founder & CEO of Stonebridge Companies, a privately-owned hospitality firm founded in 1991. Stonebridge owns and operates a diverse portfolio of 64 hotel properties in the United States, with approximately 12,000 rooms. Mr. Dimond has received numerous awards for his work in the hospitality industry, including the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award®, and the Award of Excellence from the American Asian Hotel Owners Association. Dimond is a firm believer in serving his community; currently he serves on the Board of Trustees for the University of Denver and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA). Mr. Dimond also served as the former chairman of the Denver Metro Convention and Visitor’s Bureau (Visit Denver). Most recently, he was appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Denver branch (Chair). Mr. Dimond serves in an advisory role for many organizations, including Washington State University’s College of Engineering and Architecture Executive Leadership Board and Cornell University’s Dean’s Advisory Board for the School of Hotel Administration. Mr. Dimond is a graduate of Washington State University where he earned a B.A. in Business Administration and a B.S. in Construction Management. He also earned his MBA in Real Estate/Construction Management from the University of Denver.

John Zogg

President, Southwest Region

Goldenrod

John L. Zogg, Jr. serves as managing director for Crescent Real Estate Equities, LLC. Mr. Zogg manages the leasing efforts in the Dallas and Houston markets of over 2,300,000 square feet.

Mr. Zogg serves on the board of various local civic organizations including Executive Committees of Uptown Public Improvement District, Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation, Downtown Dallas and The Rise School of Dallas. He is a member of The Dallas Assembly, Urban Land Institute, City Center Tax Incentive Finance District, as well as the Downtown Connection Tax Incentive Finance District. Mr. Zogg is vice chairman of the AT&T Cotton Bowl and a founding member of the Advisory Council to the Center for Real Estate Finance at the University of Texas at Austin, Business School. In 2002, Mayor Laura Miller appointed Mr. Zogg to the Dallas Inside the Loop Committee. Mr. Zogg was named #1 Office Leasing Agent in Dallas/Fort Worth by the Dallas Business Journal in 1995 and again in 1996.

Mr. Zogg joined Crescent Real Estate Equities as vice president of leasing and marketing in May of 1994. In 2004, he was promoted to managing director in Crescent’s Dallas Region. Mr. Zogg served as managing director until Crescent was sold to Morgan Stanley in 2007. Prior to rejoining Crescent, Mr. Zogg worked at Silverstone Capital Group.

From January 1989 to May 1994, Mr. Zogg served as vice president of the commercial real estate group for Rosewood Property Company, responsible for marketing and leasing office space in the Dallas and Denver areas. Prior to joining Rosewood, he worked as marketing manager of Gerald D. Hines Interests.

A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Mr. Zogg holds a Master of Business Administration Degree from the University of Dallas.

Grant McCargo

CEO

Urban Villages

As Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Grant McCargo is responsible for all aspects of company development, from selecting development projects and teams to securing investment partners and defining the company’s vision and goals.

For over 30 years, he has been involved in all forms of property development and ownership, and has successfully completed more than $4 billion worth of transactions as advisor and principal. Grant is committed to place-based neighborhood developments designed and constructed to last for generations.

Grant recently completed a ten-year term on the board of directors of the Colorado chapter of The Nature Conservancy, and considers himself an environmentalist first.

Bill Mosher

Senior Managing Director

Trammell Crow Company

Bill joined Trammell Crow Company in March, 2006. Bill oversees the Company's development and investment activities in Colorado. Projects include industrial, office, retail, residential and health care related uses.

Bill also serves as CEO of the Denver Convention Center Hotel Authority, the non-profit corporation that financed, designed, constructed, furnished and now owns the $285 million, 1100-room Hyatt Convention Center Hotel which was completed in December 2005. Bill currently oversees Hyatt's operations on behalf of the Authority.

Bill is an expert in the planning, developing and managing of urban real estate. A native of Denver, he has more than 30 years of experience in both the public and private sectors of urban real estate.

Bill formed Mosher Sullivan Development Partners in 2003. Projects included the Hyatt and build-to-suit offices, including the new 315,000 SF Denver Newspaper Agency building in Downtown Denver. Bill previously was an owner, President and COO of Mile High Development (MHD). At MHD, he managed nearly $500 million in real estate projects, including the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building, the Cultural Center Parking Garage and the first University Physicians, Inc. build-to-suit project at the Fitzsimons Health Sciences Center.

Bill served as President of the Downtown Denver Partnership (DDP) from 1990-1999. At the Partnership he helped guide Downtown Denver’s rebirth in the 1990s by advocating, planning, managing, promoting and developing central Denver, including forming the Business Improvement District (BID) and initiating a downtown housing development strategy culminating in redevelopment plans for the Central Platte Valley.

Prior to his association with the DDP, Bill served as the Executive Director of the Downtown Development Corporation (DDC) and the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) in Tucson, Arizona. Under his direction, more than $75 million in private investment dollars were attracted to DDC projects, including office, retail, parking facilities and more than 1,000 new housing units. He also managed the IDA’s issuance of more than $500 million in industrial revenue bonds for various commercial and residential projects in the City of Tucson.

Walter "Buz" Koelbel, Jr.

President

Koelbel and Company

WALTER A. (BUZ) KOELBEL, JR. is president of Koelbel and Company, one of the longest continually-operating real estate companies in Colorado. The company’s efforts are focused on development of office parks, master-planned residential communities, urban in-fill homes, low-income tax-credit apartments, and real estate investments. Projects include: The Preserve at Greenwood Village, Pinehurst Country Club, The Breakers, Centennial Valley Business Park, and Rendezvous in Winter Park. New company platforms include Koelbel Urban Homes, LIHTC development, and Catalyst in RiNo. Koelbel is a native of Colorado and graduated from the University of Colorado in 1974 with a degree in finance. His professional memberships include the Urban Land Institute, Denver South Economic Development, Colorado Council on Economic Education, and Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

David Sternberg

EVP

Brookfield Properties

A highly successful senior executive with a thirty year track record managing high-end commercial real estate portfolios and 40+ million sf in assets. Effective team leader who maximizes financial performance, business growth, capital planning and relationships. Consistently demonstrates superior judgment in all decision-making matters and crisis management situations. A proactive community leader combining a strong sense of civic loyalty and authentic interpersonal skills to guide major change initiatives.

Jonathan Alpert

Partner

Westfield Company

Jonathan was born and raised in Denver, embarking on his real estate career in 2003 as a retail broker for Sullivan Hayes. He went to work as a Project Manager for Shea Properties, where he specialized in retail development and generated more than $30 million in sales, participating in the construction of more than 1 million square feet of commercial space. Jonathan subsequently created Imagine Infill where he developed and sold for-sale residences as well as having built several innovative urban apartment projects before joining Westfield. Jonathan brings a strong passion for sustainable development to Westfield Company and continues to contribute to the positive growth of Denver.

Paul Books

President

Palisade Partners

Paul is the President of Palisade Partners and has become a respected player in the multifamily market in Denver, Colorado. Currently, Palisade Partners is developing and co-developing three mixed use projects and a townhome project in the Five Points neighborhood, totaling $75 million. Mr. Books is also concurrently overseeing the development of Summit Sky Ranch, a 240-unit, high-end single family residential development in Summit County. Books recently completed an $9 million 27 unit for-sale town home project in Jefferson Park. In 2013, Books completed two new construction multifamily projects near downtown Denver for a combined investment of $20 million. In 2011, Books syndicated and gained financing for the purchases of four existing multifamily properties for a combined acquisition price of $5.4 million and a combined renovation budget of $1.8 million. Mr. Books graduated from the University of Denver: Daniels College of Business with a Masters of Science in Real Estate and Construction Management. Mr. Books received his bachelors of arts in Economics and Math with a Finance Sequence from Claremont McKenna College.

Multifamily Development Update

What's Now | What's New | What's Next

George Thorn
Ash Street <br> Workforce Housing

George Thorn

President

Mile High Development

Chad Brue
Denargo Market

Chad Brue

CEO

Brue Baukol Capital Partners

Jonathan Bush
Oxford Station <br> Multifamily

Jonathan Bush

Founder

LCP Development

Matthew Schildt
Alexan 20th Street Station

Matthew Schildt

Managing Director

Trammell Crow Residential

Scott Yeates
Englewood's The Foundry

Scott Yeates

President

SW Development

Charley Babb
Moderator

Charley Babb

Principal

Metropolitan Capital Advisors

George Thorn

Ash Street <br> Workforce Housing

Mile High Development

Mile High Development is a veteran of large scale mixed use projects including Colorado Center, a $100 million mixed use project at I-25/Colorado Blvd. in central Denver in conjunction with TIAA-CREF, the world’s largest private pension fund, which launched its first phase in 1986 and completed the second and third of the ultimate six phases in 1999. The project features a 9 screen United Artists Theatre with an IMAX Theatre, and 600,000 square feet of Class A office space in two 12 story towers, and 1600 structured parking spaces. Mile High Development was also the Developer of the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building in downtown Denver, a $200 million, 700,000 square foot Class AA office building developed for the City and County of Denver in 2001/2002. Mile High Development was the Co-Developer of the $100 million Co-Development Project in concert with the Denver Art Museum expansion project, which included the 980 space Cultural Center Garage; the 55 unit Museum Residences condominium/mixed use project that was completed in 2007, and the 165 room ART Hotel which opened in July 2015. Mile High Development was also Co-Developer, with Opus Northwest, of Lakewood City Commons, an $80

million mixed use retail, office/civic and community development, including a new City Hall for the City of Lakewood. Today, Mile High Development is focused on various mixed-use TOD opportunities, including affordable housing projects utilizing LIHTC at existing light rail stations along the southeast I-25 corridor, and the new R line/Aurora light rail corridor, including the Apartments at Yale Station, a 50 unit Senior 9% LIHTC affordable housing project at the Yale light rail station completed in 2011; University Station, a 60 unit Senior 9% affordable housing project located at the University of Denver light rail station completed in February 2014; the 66 unit 9% LIHTC affordable housing project, Garden Court Apartments at Yale Station, which will be completed in June 2016. Mile High Development and Koelbel and Company broke ground in April 2016 on the 112 unit Ash Street Apartments, a 4% LIHTC affordable family/workforce project adjacent to the 9 th and Colorado redevelopment project on the former University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. In partnership with Koelbel and Company, Mile High Development was selected by the City of Aurora and the Aurora Urban Renewal Authority in 2015 as the Master Developer of the Regatta Plaza Shopping Center at Nine Mile Station, a 22 acre site which will be redeveloped into a 700,000 sf TOD project beginning in the Fall 2016 and will include a new 80 sf King Soopers; 500 market and affordable rental housing units; an entertainment district featuring restaurants and entertainment retail, and a major office component, all connected by a PED bridge to Nine Mile Station. In 2011, Mr. Thorn was the co-recipient(with Mr. Buz Koelbel)of the inaugural Transit Alliance Leadership Award as Outstanding Leader in the Private Sector. In 2001, Mr. Thorn was named Honorary Dean of the Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management at the University of Denver, and is currently serving DU as Executive in Residence. Mr. Thorn received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Arizona in 1967. He is a former Board member of NAIOP, and is a Full member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and a member of the ULI Executive Committee. He is a former Denver Urban Renewal Authority (DURA) Commissioner, and was Chair of Downtown Denver, Inc., in 2002 &2003, and Chair of the Downtown Denver Partnership in 2004.

Chad Brue

Denargo Market

Brue Baukol Capital Partners

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.

Jonathan Bush

Oxford Station <br> Multifamily

LCP Development

Mr. Bush is a founder and senior partner in LCP Development. Founded in 2014, LCP specializes in mixed-use infill development and redevelopment. Recent projects include Oxford Station, the two-building, 238 unit TOD apartment project in Englewood, Link 35, a mixed–use 66 unit apartment project in RiNo and 1525 Sloans, the renovation of a 50,000 SF office building and construction of 6,000 SF of ground up retail. Previously, Mr. Bush was a shareholder and Executive Vice President of Lowe Enterprises, Inc., a national real estate investment, development and management company. Mr. Bush joined Lowe in 1986 and was responsible for the company’s commercial development and acquisition activities in Colorado, Texas, and the Midwest, representing approximately six million square feet and more than $500 million in total value on behalf of its various pension fund and institutional clients. Major projects included the acquisition, entitlement, and development of Interpark70, a six building 750,000 SF industrial project and the redevelopment and renovation of Park Central, a 535,000 square foot office complex in downtown Denver. Mr. Bush was the 2002 President of the Colorado chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), previously served on the National NAIOP Board of Directors and is LEED certified. Mr. Bush is a fourth generation Colorado native and lives in Littleton with his wife and two children. Education: University of Denver, MBA; Bowdoin College, Bachelor of Arts in Economics.

Matthew Schildt

Alexan 20th Street Station

Trammell Crow Residential

Since joining TCR in 2007, Matt has been involved in the development, construction, asset management and disposition of seven market-rate communities, representing 2,387 units with a total capitalization of over $400 million. His primary responsibilities include sourcing and executing development opportunities within the Mountain States region. Prior to joining TCR, Matthew served as a Development Project Manager for Wild Oats Markets, where he sourced and executed retail joint ventures both domestically and internationally. Matthew is a graduate of the University of Virginia and also holds an MBA with a concentration in Finance and Entrepreneurship from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Scott Yeates

Englewood's The Foundry

SW Development

As President of SW Development Group, Scott Yeates primarily focuses on the development of affordable housing in the Colorado market. Mr. Yeates’ strategy includes the repurposing of urban infill sites in an effort to preserve affordable housing in transitioning and established neighborhoods. Projects under development include the Foundry Apartments, a 70-unit affordable housing development in Englewood located at the former General Iron Works foundry; SloHi Flats, a 45-unit affordable housing development in the Denver Highlands neighborhood; and a mixed-income multifamily development in Steamboat Springs. SW Development Group has successfully facilitated the development of 376 units serving low income households and multiple market-rate multifamily projects totaling in excess of 500 units. Mr. Yeates serves on the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority’s Tax Advisory Group.

Charley Babb

Moderator

Metropolitan Capital Advisors

Charley Babb focuses exclusively on procuring debt and equity financing for commercial real estate projects. Mr. Babb has over 35 years of experience in mortgage banking and the commercial real estate industry. He served as a Director for 10 years with the mortgage banking firm of Johnson Capital in Denver, Colorado. Mr. Babb co-founded and served as Senior Vice President of Kensington Capital, a Dallas, Texas real estate investment banking firm and prior to that he served as Vice President with Grubb & Ellis Mortgage Group where he gained experience as a mortgage broker. In addition, he spent 14 years with Paragon Group, Inc. where he served as Vice President of Special Projects, Development and Asset Management for the firm.

Mr. Babb has focused on corporate finance initiatives. He was one of three team members responsible for coordinating Paragon Group’s undertaking to become a publicly traded real estate investment trust. Mr. Babb participated as a member of the road show presentation teams both domestically and internationally during the marketing of the company prior to the initial public offering. Mr. Babb has been involved in the leasing, asset management, development and financing of over $2.5 billion of commercial and multifamily real estate during his career. EDUCATION; Harvard University Masters Degree in City and Regional Planning;

University of Kansas Bachelors Degree in Environmental Design.

Mr. Babb enjoys golf, tennis and fly fishing. He is active in his church and community philanthropic endeavors.

New Construction Update

Building the Future of Denver in Office | Retail | Hospitality | Industrial

Bryan McFarland
The Yard at Lone Tree

Bryan McFarland

Principal, Development

Alberta Development Partners

Graham Benes
25/70 Redevelopment

Graham Benes

CEO

Ascendant Development Corp

Peter Coakley
The Jones District

Peter Coakley

SVP

Opus Group

Jeremy Records
55-Acre Business Park

Jeremy Records

Principal

Central Development

Ryan Stone
16 Chestnut

Ryan Stone

Director, Development

East West Partners

Jeffrey Todd
Industrial Expansion

Jeffrey Todd

First VP

SunCap

Bill Strang
People-First Innovation

Bill Strang

President - Operations

TOTO USA

Rob Kaufmann
Moderator

Rob Kaufmann

Shareholder

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Bryan McFarland

The Yard at Lone Tree

Alberta Development Partners

Bryan C. McFarland is a principal in charge of development for Alberta Development Partners, LLC and brings more than 30 years of development and construction experience to the firm. His current responsibilities include providing underwriting support for all acquisitions and new development in the Companies’ development pipeline, along with overall responsibility for all entitlements, due diligence, pro-forma development, design, construction and tenant coordination for all of Alberta’s retail and mixed-use developments. He is presently overseeing several redevelopment projects including the Foothills mall in Fort Collins, Colorado, the Simi Valley Town Center in Simi Valley, California, and the Maui Mall in Kahului, Hawaii as well as development of a ground up hybrid power and entertainment center in Downey, California, and a mixed use development in Tempe, Arizona totaling 2.2 million SF.

During the course of his career, Mr. McFarland has developed more than eleven million square feet of retail, office and commercial space. Completed Alberta Development projects include Southlands, The Streets at Southglenn, Cornerstar, the Promenade at Denver West and Whole Foods Market at The Shops at Highland Village, totaling 3.8 million square feet. Prior to joining Alberta, he was vice president of Capital Services for The Mills Corporation, where he was responsible for managing design and construction at four super regional value oriented shopping centers including Arizona Mills, The Block at Orange in California, Katy Mills in Texas and Colorado Mills, comprising 5.2 million square feet of retail. Prior to his tenure with Mills, he served as project manager for Hapsmith Development on the 1.2 million square foot super regional “SuperMall of the Great Northwest” in Seattle. Additionally, Mr. McFarland oversaw design and construction of one million square feet of hospital, medical office, retail and tourism-related development projects in Alaska.

Graham Benes

25/70 Redevelopment

Ascendant Development Corp

With more than 20 years of experience in commercial real estate, development, and construction, Graham Benes of Ascendant Development Corporation is responsible for overall project visioning and strategy, sourcing capital and new development opportunities, as well as overseeing project management from initial design through final construction closeout.

In addition to overseeing the 41-acre re-development of the Former Denver Post printing plant in Downtown Denver, Graham also serves as a development and construction consultant for Denver based EverWest Real Estate Partners, assisting on both EverWest’s ‘shipping port’ industrial developments and national creative office platform, including the adaptive re-use of 2323 Delgany Street in Denver’s Denargo Market.

In his career, Graham has successfully delivered projects totaling millions of square feet across the U.S., providing feasibility, due diligence, and capital structure analyses; acquisition: entitlement and infrastructure work; lease and contract negotiations; project management including quality oversight and value engineering; asset and property management and dispositions. Focused primarily on the flex, office and industrial sectors, he has worked in various roles including Master Developer, Project Manager, and Owner/Investor Representative within various project structures including Build-to-Suit, Design/Build, Build-to-Sale, and Speculative Development.

Prior to founding Ascendant, Graham spent 14 years with a general construction and development firm, where he rose from marketing coordinator to company president.

Graham received a Political Science degree from the University of Colorado at Denver. He has served as Board Chair for the Denver Chapter of the March of Dimes and on the March of Dimes’ Colorado State Board. He is a past member of the Denver Metro Economic Development Corp. Executive Committee and a past Board member of Brokers Benefitting Kids and NAIOP “Icon.” Graham lives in Denver with his wife Heather and their two sons.

Peter Coakley

The Jones District

Opus Group

Peter leads the Denver office, managing operations and seeking new development opportunities in the market.

Most recently, Peter was principal at Inverness Properties, where he managed the brokerage operation and oversaw the company’s material leasing and sales activities.

Throughout his more than 30-year career, Peter has been actively involved with acquisitions, major lease transactions, sourcing equity partners, investment sales, land sales and build to suits.

Peter holds a Bachelor of Science in finance from Boston College. He is a member of NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association.

Jeremy Records

55-Acre Business Park

Central Development

Jeremy Records founded Central Development in 2005 and he has successfully grown the company to over $550 million in development and acquisitions of office, industrial, retail, residential, multifamily, and hotel properties. Central Development has constructed facilities for companies including, Samuel Sons, FMC Technology, JR Butler, EdgeConnex, Applied Control Equipment, Gordon Holdings Corporate Head Quarters, Reglera, Reed Construction Data, and Colorado, Rincon Research, Carrier West, Amazon, and Plastic Surgery Center.

Ryan Stone

16 Chestnut

East West Partners

Ryan is involved in all aspects of East West Partners’ Denver holdings, including development and management of existing assets and business development for future opportunities. Prior to joining East West Partners he held various commercial real estate positions in Denver and Chicago with Archstone Communities, Colorado Business Bank, The Broe Group, US Bank, and GMAC Commercial Mortgage. Ryan holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and is the past Colorado President of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business alumni association.

Bill Strang

People-First Innovation

TOTO USA

Bill Strang serves as President of the Americas’ Operations for TOTO USA and Chairman of TOTO Mexico. In these capacities, he is responsible for all of TOTO’s North American operations, including supply chain, design and development engineering, quality, ISO, environmental resource management, and management of TOTO’s five North American plants with 1.8 million sf under roof.

Under Bill’s leadership, TOTO has received numerous awards and recognitions for its leadership in environmental resource conservation, including the U.S. EPA’s Water Efficiency Leadership award (TOTO is the only plumbing manufacturer so honored); former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue’s Water Conservation Leadership award; the South face Sustainable Homebuilders’ Argon* award; the City of Atlanta’s Phoenix Award, and the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper’s River Sustainability award. Recently, the Brookings Institution distinguished TOTO for its leadership in Clean Economy jobs creation.

Rob Kaufmann

Moderator

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

A strategic problem solver, Rob Kaufmann is known for bringing the right players to the table to complete real estate deals. For decades, his clients have relied on his unparalleled knowledge of both the legal and business sides of the real estate market. His national perspective and ability to steer clients—from national private equity companies and REITs to family-owned companies—through volatile markets make Rob the go-to lawyer for acquisition, development, financing, leasing and disposition of retail, office, multi-family, land, industrial and corporate office relocation projects and large portfolio transactions.

Rob also represents private companies and entrepreneurs in diverse transactions, including acquisitions, public and private debt financing, joint ventures and general corporate governance.

Rob has played several important leadership roles at Brownstein including co-chair of the firm’s nationally recognized Real Estate Department and lead shareholder on some of the region’s largest real estate developments.

Opening Keynote

Mayor Michael B. Hancock
Keynote

Mayor Michael B. Hancock

Mayor

City of Denver

Mayor Michael B. Hancock

Mayor

City of Denver

MICHAEL B. HANCOCK is serving his third term as

Denver's 45th mayor and is the second African

American to hold the position. He is a member of the

U.S. Conference of Mayors, where he chairs the

Communications and Transportation committee, is

Vice President of the National Conference of

Democratic Mayors and is a member of the African

American Mayor’s Association.

Raised in Denver since he was 10 months old,

Mayor Hancock found his passion and purpose in

serving the city and the people he loves.

Equity is the foundation of his public service and the intention that drives his leadership, from the start of

his career at the Denver Housing Authority and the National Civic League, to becoming the youngest

President of an Urban League chapter in America, to today as a third-term Mayor of the City and County

Denver.

Mayor Hancock has never looked away from a challenge – meeting the needs of the community by

helping organizations with fiscal management, civic engagement, and better governance. He honed those

skills in the non-profit and private sectors and brought them to the Denver City Council, where he served

for eight years including two terms as City Council President.

Mayor Hancock and his Administration would help enable Denver’s recovery from the Great Recession,

fixing Denver’s budget challenges, innovating tax payer money-saving efficiencies in government,

investing in infrastructure, raising the minimum wage for Denver’s workforce, and prioritizing children,

families, and small and minority- and women-owned small businesses. The strategic expansion of Denver

International Airport created jobs and elevated Denver as a thriving city and global leader in industry and

a sought-after destination to live and do business.

When the deadly COVID-19 pandemic paralyzed cities around the world, Mayor Hancock took immediate

action, supporting a public health order to protect the health and welfare of residents, first responders and

businesses. His Administration secured millions of pieces of PPE for frontline workers, funding for

programs to assist residents who need help paying for basic needs and stood up emergency around the

clock shelter for people experiencing homelessness.

The Hancock Administration’s prudent fiscal planning, strong community partnerships, progressive

housing and social and economic support programs, and emergency management operations response

enabled Denver to respond quickly and nimbly to the impacts of the virus and the civil unrest born from a

simultaneous national reckoning on race.

Mayor Hancock’s economic recovery committee took shape even before vaccines were in the arms of

Denver residents, planning ahead for the needs of families and businesses that would need sustained

support to rebound after more than a year of devastating losses of lives and livelihoods.

Mayor Hancock pledged that Denver would build back better – a promise he had fulfilled once before in

the years following the Great Recession. Prioritizing public safety, housing and economic recovery – he

crafted a bond package with infrastructure investments that will bring long term benefits to compliment

federal aid to sustain Denver’s economic recovery and growth, expand opportunity, and ensure prosperity

for more residents, businesses and families into the future.

The Mayor is a die-hard Denver Broncos fan. He earned a B.A. from Hastings College and a Master of

Public Administration from the University of Colorado, Denver.

Mayor Hancock is the proud father of three children and doting grandfather to an adorable

granddaughter.

Summary

RiNo, LoDo, Cap Hill, LoHi, Uptown, Five Points, Cherry Creek: Denver's trendiest neighborhoods are unique in their individual ways, but there's one thing that all of them have in common: cranes! From luxury multifamily apartments rising in Cherry Creek, to office developments breaking ground in LoDo and pop-up restaurants appearing in RiNo, construction is happening everywhere in Denver.

Who are the creatives & developers behind all of this? Meet them at our 3rd Annual New Construction & Development conference and hear the latest on proposals, projects, properties + more. The Mile High City is in its gloriest development days and it's only just begun.

Questions? Comments? Contact our Denver Event Producer Sarah at sarah.rotholz@bisnow.com

Agenda

Time Activity
1:30 PM
2:15 PM
Breakfast & Networking
2:15 PM
2:30 PM
Mayor Michael B. Hancock Keynote
2:30 PM
3:15 PM
Multifamily Development Update
3:15 PM
4:00 PM
New Construction Update
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
Post-Game Networking