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/ BUILDING DIALOGUE / SEPTEMBER 2017

/ Two Hilton Hotel Brands Arrive in Boulder /

Boeves in 2012 and then reached a development agreement

with Lou Della Cava, who owned the building just to the

east. That building just happened to be the legendary Eads

News and Smoke Shop, a Boulder landmark since 1913. Della

Cava is currently building a mixed-use office building in

this location.

In 2012, Pederson transferred his rights to Denver’s NAI

Shames Makovsky, a full-service commercial real estate

firm. Founder Evan Makovsky, a 40-year veteran in com-

mercial real estate, has been hailed as an “urban hero” for

his redevelopment and preservations efforts in Denver.

In late 2012, Shames Makovsky teamed up with Sage

Hospitality, Johnson Nathan Strohe and Millender White

thanks to their extensive past working relationship, and to-