State of Colorado Springs Summit

Thu Feb 26, 2026

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State of Colorado Springs Summit

How Landmark Projects, Strategic Investment, and Local Engagement Are Shaping the Future of the Springs

Thursday February 26 2026 @ 8:00 AM MST

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Opening Remarks

Yemi Mobolade

Blessing ‘Yemi’ Mobolade was sworn in as the 42nd Mayor of Colorado Springs on June 6, 2023. This is his first four-year term as mayor. He is the first Black man and immigrant to be elected mayor of Colorado Springs and one of the youngest. Mobolade moved from Indiana to Colorado Springs in 2010, where he started a church as part of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. After identifying a need in downtown Colorado Springs for cultural gathering places, he became one of the first entrepreneurs to invest in downtown after the Great Recession when he co-founded The Wild Goose Meeting House in 2013. Seeing a greater need for collaboration within the faith community, Mobolade began working as director of outreach and engagement at First Presbyterian Church, where he would go on to co-found COSILoveYou, a nonprofit that unites more than 100 area churches under the common mission of serving the Colorado Springs community. In 2017, Mobolade co-founded Good Neighbors Meeting House in the Patty Jewett neighborhood to provide an additional gathering place in the downtown area. He also began to leverage his success as an entrepreneur and business owner and began working as the vice president of business retention and expansion at the Colorado Springs Chamber & Economic Development Corporation. Here he was instrumental in caring for local employers and attracting new companies during a period of record job growth for Colorado Springs. In 2019, Mobolade served the City of Colorado Springs as a small business development administrator. In this role, he established tools to assist entrepreneurs with starting a business, COSOpenForBiz.com and Permit Partner, and led many collaborative efforts across the community’s public and private sectors. Mobolade stepped down from this position in March 2022 to officially launch his mayoral campaign. Mobolade was born in Nigeria to two bi-vocational pastors. His father was in finance and his mother was a secondary education teacher. At age 17, he immigrated to the United States, following in the footsteps of his brother to pursue the American Dream through education. He has bachelor’s degrees in business administration and computer information systems from Bethel University (Mishawaka, Ind.) and master’s degrees in management and leadership from Indiana Wesleyan University (Marion, Ind.) and theology-intellectual leadership from the A.W. Tozer Theological Seminary, part of Simpson University (Redding, Calif.). He lives in Colorado Springs with his wife, Abbey, a nurse and nursing educator, and their three young children.

Colorado Springs

Mayor

Yemi Mobolade

Mayor, Colorado Springs

Industry Forces Driving the Region’s Future

Exploring the Defense, Aerospace, Healthcare, and Industrial Developments Redefining the City’s Economy and CRE Landscape

Matt Call

Founder & Principal, NavPoint Real Estate Group

Garrett Baum

Managing Partner, Urban Frontier

Jessie Kimber

Director, Economic Development, City of Colorado Springs

Sean Ferguson

Partnerships, Nooks

Doug Woody

VP, Project Development, Bryan Construction

Investing in Colorado’s Rising Market

Why Colorado Springs Is Delivering Primary-Market Yields in a Secondary-Market Setting

Tom Luersen

President, CoralTree Hospitality

Jariah Walker

Executive Director, Colorado Springs Urban Renewal Authority

Caleb David

Principal, David Commercial Real Estate

Planning for Progress

Balancing Infrastructure Investment, Housing Access, and Community Expectations to Support Sustainable Growth Across the Pikes Peak Region

Doug Price

As the leader of Visit Colorado Springs since 2011, Doug helps influence people to visit the Pikes Peak Region and create lifelong memories. He and his team are responsible for promoting the city and region to leisure travelers as well as meeting and event planners through advertising, online marketing, PR, social media, direct sales, and trade shows. He has more than 40 years of leadership experience in sales and professional development. Doug is a recognized public speaker and the author of three books -- License to Sell, a book on "high touch" selling in a "high tech" environment; License to Serve, a how-to guide for creating exceptional customer service, and Change It!, a book on helping people change themselves and others. Since its inception, Doug has served as co-chair of the team that developed and implemented the “Olympic City USA” brand for the City of Colorado Springs. He is an original member of the City for Champions project which resulted in five brand new game-changing tourism projects which helped accelerate economic growth throughout the area. In October 2023, Doug was named Outstanding Colorado Tourism Champion by the Colorado Tourism Office. In the spring of 2023, Mayor John Suthers presented Doug with the “Spirit of the Springs Award” for his many contributions to the city of Colorado Springs. He is a graduate of Colorado Springs Leadership Institute, Leadership Pikes Peak, US Air War College National Security Forum and US Chamber Institute of Organization Management (IOM). Doug currently serves on Boards of Directors of Colorado Springs Sports Corp, Downtown Partnership, and the Pikes Peak Lodging Association. He also serves the Tourism Industry Association of Colorado, Colorado Association of Destination Marketing Organizations and Colorado Springs Chamber and EDC Government Affairs Committee. He earned his BS degree in Hospitality Management from Florida International University.

Visit CO Springs

President & CEO

Doug Price

President & CEO, Visit CO Springs

Tim Seibert

SVP, Norwood Development Group

Sean Campbell

CEO, FORMATIV

Miles Diaz

Regional Director, Weidner Apartment Homes

WHY THIS MATTERS

What You’ll Learn:

Learn how Colorado Springs’ next wave of major projects, from the continued expansion of the Airport Business Park and Amazon’s growing industrial footprint to transformative mixed-use redevelopments along the Powers Corridor and downtown’s urban core, are reshaping the region’s commercial identity.
Discover why national and regional investors are zeroing in on Colorado Springs as Colorado’s most balanced growth market, where defense, healthcare, and outdoor lifestyle sectors are driving stable returns even as Denver and the Front Range tighten.
Explore strategies for earning community trust in a city focused on preserving its mountain-town character while embracing rapid growth, and see how developers are collaborating with City Council and the Downtown Partnership to ensure long-term alignment.
Understand how infrastructure investments such as the I-25 expansion, airport improvements, and new water reuse initiatives are enabling sustainable development across industrial, multifamily, and office sectors.
Gain tactics for navigating local approval and entitlement processes, working within the city’s measured-growth framework, and securing financing in a market that demands both creativity and compliance.

How You'll Do More Business: Colorado Springs is entering a new era of growth defined by innovation, smart planning, and economic diversification. From the revitalization of the Southeast corridor to the steady expansion of the Northgate and InterQuest submarkets, this event equips you with the insight to act on emerging opportunities before they mature. Hear directly from the developers, investors, and civic leaders driving the 2026 landscape and shaping the projects that will define the city for the next decade. Leave with an actionable roadmap for where to build, where to invest, and how to align with the city’s long-term vision for sustainable prosperity.

Who You'll Network With: Developers, investors, brokers, lenders, military and defense industry representatives, healthcare executives, public officials, architects, engineers, construction leaders, and community organizations—all driving the evolution of Colorado Springs’ next chapter.

Why You Should Attend: Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in the industry to help you identify opportunities, build your network and expand your business. With the largest audience of commercial real estate professionals in the world, no one knows how to help your business more than we do.

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Venue

The Meanwhile Block
119 W Costilla St
Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Ballroom Name: The Barrel Building

Parking Information:

Limited free parking on site. Paid parking lot across the street.

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Agenda

Time	Activity
8:00 AM 9:00 AM	Breakfast & Networking
9:00 AM 9:05 AM	Bisnow Welcome
9:05 AM 9:10 AM	Opening Remarks from Mayor Yemi Mobolade
9:10 AM 9:55 AM	Industry Forces Driving the Region’s Future Exploring the Defense, Aerospace, Healthcare, and Industrial Developments Redefining the City’s Economy and CRE Landscape
9:55 AM 10:15 AM	Networking Break
10:15 AM 11:00 AM	Investing in Colorado’s Rising Market Why Colorado Springs Is Delivering Primary-Market Yields in a Secondary-Market Setting
11:05 AM 11:50 AM	Planning for Progress Balancing Infrastructure Investment, Housing Access, and Community Expectations to Support Sustainable Growth Across the Pikes Peak Region
11:50 AM 12:15 PM	Closing Networking

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