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COLORADO REAL ESTATE JOURNAL
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BOMA – Denver Metro
Building Owners and Manag-
ers Association
will host its
Mile High Awards and Holi-
day Celebration Dec. 4 at the
History Colorado Center, 1200
Broadway, Denver.
BOMA also will host its 2015
Economic Forecast Jan. 14 at
the Wellshire Event Center at
3333 S. Colorado Blvd. in Den-
ver.
Nathan Johnson, executive
managing director at New-
mark Grubb Knight Frank, will
present the annual economic
forecast, which starts with a
new member orientation at 11
a.m. and a program and lunch
beginning at 11:30 a.m.
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NAIOP Colorado and
Denver Metro Commercial
Association of Realtors
will
host its Members Only Holiday
Reception at Coohills Restau-
rant, 1400 Wewatta St., Denver.
The Dec. 4 event is com-
plimentary for NAIOP and
DMCAR members.
Registration and information
is available at
orado.org.
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SMPS – Society for Mar-
keting Professional Services
Colorado
will host an eight-
on-eight roundtable discussion
to help attendees learn more
about the key trends, upcom-
ing projects and driving forces
in what strategic decision mak-
ers look for to find the “perfect
project with the perfect team.”
Attendees will have the
opportunity to have informal
discussions with local develop-
ers, architects and real estate
firms about significant redevel-
opment and repurposing proj-
ects around Denver.
Each lunch table will have a
representative and there will
be three rounds of 20-minute
conversations in which speak-
ers move between tables.
The event will be held at the
Crowne Plaza, 1450 Glenarm
Place, Denver, Dec. 10.
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USGBC – U.S. Green
Building Council – Colorado
Chapter
will host its inaugural
Green Commercial Real Estate
Awards.
The event will be held Dec.
3 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Union
Station Grand Hall.
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tion and the upside potential that
it represents,” added Cypert. The
two-story building offers large,
efficient floor plates, a full caf-
eteria, “very nice landscaping,”
and room to expand both the
building and already generous
parking, which sets it apart
from other available blocks in
the southeast suburban sub-
market.
The Class B building sits
on 18.8 acres, providing the
opportunity to increase park-
ing to as many as 7.5 spaces per
1,000 sf.
It is located off the east side
of Interstate 25, just south of
Arapahoe Road. It has a “cam-
pus feel to it,” but is outside
the Denver Tech Center and
Greenwood Village, so the tax
basis is lower, said Hashimoto,
who represented the seller with
Newmark Grubb Knight Frank
broker Dan Grooters.
“There’s a lot of appeal to
office-campus type users. We
think we have a competitive
advantage to backfill the build-
ing,” said Cypert.
Encore Office retained JLL
brokers Peter Merrion and
Andy Ross to market the prop-
erty.
Beginning in the first quarter,
Encore Office will upgrade the
parking lot, and create a new
entrance with greater acces-
sibility and curb appeal. Sig-
nage and landscaping will be
enhanced, the common areas
will be modernized, and the
interior will be white-boxed for
a new user.
The building was built in
1989 for United Airlines’ reser-
vations group, which provided
the basis for creation of United
Kingdom-based Travelport.
Encore Office is part of pri-
vately held Encore Enterprises
Inc., which develops, acquires
and manages hotels, multifam-
ily communities, shopping cen-
ters, offices and public-private
mixed-use developments.
In a statement regarding the
acquisition, Encore Enterprises
Chairman Bharat Sangani said,
“6901 S. Havana offers one of
the largest contiguous blocks of
office space in Denver’s strong
southeast suburban submarket.
The property currently features
abundant parking, large floor
plates, multifunctional meeting
rooms, a full-service cafeteria
and a variety of recreational
amenities. The property’s pre-
mier location coupled with its
fantastic amenities really make
it stand out, and we’re cer-
tain this will translate into new
leases.”
Cypert said Encore Office
hopes to make additional
acquisitions in the Denver area.
“Denver is one of our active
markets. We think we’ve made
a good buy, and we’re excited
to be in Denver and look for-
ward to the opportunity to fill
this building back up,” Cypert
said.
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struction plan with minimal
interruptions, the workforce
can maintain the crucial pro-
ductive cycle and construction
flow, with a focus on keeping
labor on our clients’ projects.
Jerry Blocher
As the construction market
continues to gain momentum,
as specialty contractors and
vendors become busier, and
as manpower availability
becomes tighter, rising costs
and on-time completion are
significant challenges fac-
ing
all types
of construction.
Specifically as it relates to
senior housing, Haselden has
implemented several strate-
gies for dealing with these
issues.
In addition to having a
number of experienced team
members, Haselden has main-
tained its institutional knowl-
edge through a written, living
log of senior housing lessons
learned. Especially for proj-
ects where we are able to be
involved early in the design
process, including those for
which we are the developer as
well as the GC, we are able to
bring this knowledge to bear
and to work with the operator
and design team to make the
design as cost-effective and
escalation-proof as possible.
In addition, we leverage our
relationships with specialty
contractors in order to rein-
force our understanding of
market projections and, more
importantly, to lock in pricing
as early in the design process
as possible, insulating the
project from rising costs and
ensuring the commitment
of the vendors to the project
schedule.
Construction delivery is
only one milestone in the
owner’s ultimate goal of
being fully leased. Therefore,
in addition to ensuring timely
certificate of occupancy, we
closely coordinate:
• strong preleasing efforts
(signage, model tours, open
houses, community outreach);
• frequent involvement of
building officials, fire depart-
ment and the state;
• early FF&E and owner
vendor installation; and
• and expedited operator
occupancy and training.
All of this is coordinated so
that licensure, first resident
move in, and subsequent ramp
up occur as quickly as possible.
Jerry Blocher
Director of Development, Haselden
Construction LLC
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American Council of Engineering
Companies/Colorado
American Institute of Architects Colorado
American Society of Interior Designers
American Society of Landscape Architects,
Colorado Chapter
American Subcontractors Association
Apartment Association of Metro Denver
Appraisal Institute
Associated Builders & Contractors
Associated General Contractors
Building Operators Association of Colorado
Building Owners & Managers Association, Denver
Building Owners & Managers Association, Pikes Peak
CCIM – Certified Commercial Investment Members,
Colorado/Wyoming Chapter
Colorado Association of Healthcare
Engineers & Directors
Colorado Association of Real Estate Investors
Colorado Bar Association
Colorado Green Building Guild
Colorado Hotel & Lodging Association
Commercial Brokers of Boulder
Commercial Real Estate Women - CREW
Community Associations Institute
CoreNet Colorado
Counselors of Real Estate
Denver Metro Commercial Association
of Realtors - DMCAR
Institute of Real Estate Management, Denver Chapter
Institute of Real Estate Management, Southern
Colorado Chapter
International Council of Shopping Centers, Rocky
Mountain Chapter
International Facilities Management Association,
Denver Chapter
International Facilities Management Association,
Pikes Peak Chapter
Investment Community of the Rockies
LeadingAge Colorado
Mile High Exchangors
NAIOP Colorado – National Association of Industrial
& Office Properties
Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado
Realtor Commercial Industrial Society
Rocky Mountain Masonry Institute
Rocky Mountain Shopping Center Association
Society for Marketing Professional Services
Society of Industrial & Office Realtors
Urban Land Institute
U.S. Green Building Council, Colorado Chapter
WiD – Women in Design
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ʻThe property’s
premier location
coupled with its
fantastic amenities
really make it
stand out.ʼ
– Bharat Sangani,
Encore Enterprises
