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92 / BUILDING DIALOGUE / December 2021 WORDS: Sean O’Keefe D avid Haltom is a city builder at heart. After spending part of his childhood living in Denver, Haltom earned a Bachelor of Arts from Yale and a Master of Architecture from Glasgow School of Art in Scotland. Today he is the vice president of develop- ment for Patrinely Group’s Rocky Mountain Region and finds the thrill of contributing to the city's context intrin- sically rewarding. “As a child, I spent hours drawing skyscrapers and skylines of imaginary cities,” shares Haltom, who joined Patrinely Group in 2018 and has a 17-year track record of real estate development in high-end office, multifamily and hospitality products. City building requires a long- range vision on the part of developers and designers and a long-range commitment to quality and context on the part of investors. “Patrinely Group has been investing in corpo- rate offices and multifamily housing in Denver for some Shaping context on the city scale requires thoughtful creativity and execution City Builder Brad Nicol Photography