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Page 22 — COLORADO REAL ESTATE JOURNAL — January 7-January 20, 2015
NexGen tabs Griffis/Blessing
to manage Central Place
Griffis/Blessing Inc. was
selected to manage a third
property for NexGen. Central
Place is a multitenant office
building in Denver, located at
13900 E. Harvard Drive, adja-
cent to the new Iliff station
light-rail platform.
The 74,000-square-foot Class
B building is occupied by mul-
tiple tenants, including Adop-
tion Options, Colorado Man-
agement Specialists, Pinnacle
Hospice Care and T-Mobile
West Corp.
New additions to the Griffis/
Blessing commercial group,
Dora Fessler, property man-
ager, and Katie Kier, portfolio
assistant, will head the team
overseeing the day-to-day
operations with the assistance
of Cindy Colby, property
accountant, and Ari Skyton,
service technician.
“We are delighted NexGen
properties continues to recog-
nize our management capabili-
ties, allowing us to expand on
our partnership as we work
together to grow our portfolios
within the Denver market,”
said Senior Vice President Rick
Davidson, CPM.
The Alliance Center aims to
change energy consumption
The Alliance Center, located
at 1536 Wynkoop St. in Den-
ver, will begin using the LEED
Dynamic Plaque, a building-
performance monitoring and
scoring platform from the U.S.
Green Building Council that
helps change human behavior
through dynamic data. It will
be one of the first buildings in
Colorado to use the technology.
The system empowers land-
lords, tenants and guests to view
energy, water, waste, transpor-
tation and human experience
on an ongoing basis through
electronic display screens locat-
ed in buildings.
In collaboration with USGBC,
data from the Alliance Center
will upload to an online sys-
tem that generates an up-to-
the-minute LEED performance
score. The score will enable
building users to see how their
actions impact their surround-
ing environment.
“The Alliance for Sustainable
Colorado is leading the charge
to implement and teach oth-
ers about best sustainability
practices,” said Anna Zawisza,
executive director of the Alli-
ance for Sustainable Colorado,
which owns and operates the
Alliance Center. “The LEED
Dynamic Plaque will give us
timely data and our build-
ing occupants information to
change behaviors surrounding
resource usage.”
The platform scores energy
use, water use, waste diver-
sion, transportation choices and
human experience with a maxi-
mum score of 100.
“Buildings account for close
to 50 percent of our energy
usage and contribute as much
to greenhouse gas emissions,”
said Zawisza. “If we can make
our built environment more effi-
cient, we reduce both consump-
tion and emissions. The LEED
Dynamic Plaque will help us
identify areas for improvement,
which in turn will reduce our
building’s pollution and make
our community healthier.”
Buildings that use the tech-
nology have reported signifi-
cant results. For example, after
using the system for one year,
USGBC experienced a decrease
in energy consumption by 30
percent, resulting in approxi-
mately $40,000 savings.
“We are hopeful this technol-
ogy will educate our tenants
and guests about their energy
usage, reduce our building’s
carbon footprint and save
money,” Zawisza said.
The system is expected to go
live early this year. s
Courtesy NexGen Properties
Griffis/Blessing will manage the Central Place office building.