CREJ - Journal

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COLORADO REAL ESTATE JOURNAL

— June 17-June 30, 2015

Unico Properties LLC,

Seattle-based real estate invest-

ment and operating company,

named

Hunter Marr

the gen-

eral manager of the Denver

office property management

operation.

Unico’s Denver office port-

folio consists of more than 2

million square feet of Class

Aoffice properties, and Marr

will be responsible for prop-

erty management for owned

and third-party management

assets, day-to-day operations

and capital planning for the

portfolio. He is the president

of the Denver Metro Building

Owners and Managers Asso-

ciation.

Previously, Marr served as

general manager of CBRE

Asset Services in Denver where

he provided day-to-day prop-

erty man-

agement

services for

a 1.25 mil-

lion-sf, Class

Aportfolio

owned by

Principal

Global

Investors.

Before

that he

was responsible for an ING

Clarion portfolio. Prior to

joining CBRE, Marr served as

chief financial officer and vice

president of Maram Holdings

LLC, an asset management

company in Los Angeles that

he helped launch. Marr has

more than 14 years of experi-

ence in the commercial real

estate industry, with expertise

in office, industrial, retail and

hotel properties.

With additional expertise in

sustainability, Marr took eight

buildings through the LEED

certification process, earning

LEED Gold for seven buildings

and LEED Platinum for one

building.

In this role as Denver BOMA

president, he is responsible for

implementing Denver Metro

BOMA’s strategic long-range

plan, serving as the asso-

ciation’s spokesman and the

operations of the association.

He served on the board of

directors for BOMA for three

years and as an officer for

BOMA for the past two years.

Prior to that, he was Denver

Metro BOMA’s member-

ship chair and sat on several

committees.

Property Management Who’s News

Hunter Marr

though some observers believe

the neighborhood is not yet ready

for a hotel.

Zeppelin could not disagree

more.

In fact, not only is the Source

Hotel a good fit for RiNo, but

also it is an important addition

to the urban fabric of Denver,

according to Zeppelin

“Grounded in the creative cul-

ture of RiNo, the Source Hotel

provides the first true lifestyle

hotel in the city,” Zeppelin said.

“It is part of the larger culinary

complex at the Source, which

includes a handpicked group

of 30-plus of the most accom-

plished artisans in the state,” he

said.

“Brooklyn, Oakland, Austin,

Portland all include examples

of lifestyle-driven hotels outside

central downtown that serve as

cultural destinations for out-of-

town visitors wanting to experi-

ence the most interesting things

that a city has to offer,” Zeppelin

said.

The Source Hotel is another

pioneering effort by the Zep-

pelins.

Kyle Zeppelin believes that,

once again, its success will prove

naysayers wrong.

“As you know, we have never

followed the herd when it comes

to development,” Kyle Zeppelin

said.

“When Mickey bought the

Taxi site 15 years ago, the con-

sensus was that it was too early

for RiNo. Maybe it is more fair to

say that RiNo wasn't even on the

map,” Zeppelin said.

“When we announced the

Source three years ago, it was,

by many accounts, too early for

RiNo,” Zeppelin continued.

“The success of the Taxi cam-

pus and the Source have proven

to us that it isn't too early for

RiNo,” he said.

“The neighborhood is ready

for more change.”

Other News

Eric Tupler

and

Matt Ganga-

ware,

senior managing director

and real estate analyst, respec-

tively, for the Denver office of

Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP,

or HFF, recently arranged $20.35

million in acquisition financing

for a portfolio consisting of two

newly built, 100 percent-leased,

single-tenant industrial build-

ings totaling 643,386 square feet

in Kansas and Kentucky.

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