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COLORADO REAL ESTATE JOURNAL
— November 4-November 17, 2015
Beth Van Vurst
joined
Fair-
field and Woods PC
as of
counsel in the law firm’s water
and real estate department.
Van Vurst has specialized in
water rights law for the last 10
years. As part of her practice,
Van Vurst also advises clients
on associated water quality,
environmental, real estate and
tax law matters.
She earned her law degree
from the University of Colo-
rado Law School, and also
attended CU for her under-
graduate degree in geology.
Van Vurst received her Master
of Law degree from the Uni-
versity of Denver Sturm Col-
lege of Law in tax as well.
Prior to joining Fairfield and
Woods, she worked in pri-
vate practice on the Western
Slope.
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Doug Westfall
joined the
Denver regional office of
NorthMarq Capital
as senior
vice president and producer.
At the commercial real estate
financial intermediary, Westfall
will focus on commercial mort-
gage-backed
securities,
life insur-
ance com-
pany, retire-
ment fund,
FNMA/
FHLMC
and U.S.
Department
of Housing
and Urban
Development commercial and
multifamily mortgage origina-
tions and servicing.
Westfall was a director at
Wells Fargo Multifamily Capi-
tal from 2007 to 2015, where he
was responsible for originating
affordable housing permanent
debt products, including Wells
Fargo balance sheet perma-
nent debt products, Fannie
Mae, Freddie Mac and HUD.
Prior experience includes two
years as senior vice president
at Bulls Capital Partners; two
years as senior vice president
at GMAC Commercial Mort-
gage Affordable Housing;
national director-affordable
housing and national director-
public finance at Freddie Mac;
regional director-multifamily
affordable housing products at
Fannie Mae; and two years as a
loan officer at SunTrust Income
Property Group.
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Nicole R. Ament,
a share-
holder with
Brownstein Hyatt
Farber Schreck,
will serve as
chairwoman of the firm’s Hos-
pitality, Resort and Recreation
Group.
Ament’s leadership also sig-
nals a name change from hos-
pitality group to Hospitality,
Resort and Recreation Group.
As part of the law firm’s real
estate department, the Hospi-
tality, Resort and Recreation
Group focuses on providing
a wide range of legal services
to hotels, resorts, casinos and
other clients operating in the
hospitality sector – including
some of the biggest names in
this industry.
Ament has played a key role
in expanding the group’s focus
on hospitality to include golf
course, club and ski resort cli-
ents, including ClubCorp, KSL
Capital and Vail Resorts.
As a shareholder in the Den-
ver office, Ament focuses her
practice on guiding high-pro-
file real estate clients through
large-scale transactions.
Ament’s notable successes
include negotiating the inter-
connection between Squaw
Valley and Alpine Meadows
ski resorts, ClubCorp's acquisi-
tion of Sequoia Golf and Brue
Capital Partners' acquisition
of the 2,655-acre Adam's Rib
country club, as well as provid-
ing strategic advice on urban
renewal and financing options
to the developers of Fitzsimons
Village. Additionally, she man-
aged the negotiations with
the city of Denver, the city of
Aurora, Denver International
Airport and four separate
school districts for the initial
entitlement required for High
Point.
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Ashley Hergenreder
joined
Chrisland Real Estate Cos.
as
a licensed transaction and mar-
keting coordinator.
Her primary responsibilities
will be to assist the commercial
real estate services and devel-
opment firm’s clients and pro-
vide support with transactions
and marketing efforts.
Hergenreder brings to the
firm more than 10 years of real
estate experience, including
working in escrow and title,
residential and commercial real
estate. Most recently, she spent
eight years as a transaction
manager for a local commercial
brokerage firm with adminis-
trative support responsibilities.
Currently she is pursuing her
degree at Colorado State Uni-
versity with a concentration in
real estate finance.
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Jamie Baker Roskie
of
Coan,
Payton & Payne LLC
received
a Martindale-Hubbell AV
Preeminent Peer Review Rat-
ing, an objective indicator of a
lawyer’s ethical standards and
professional
ability gener-
ated from
evaluation
of lawyers
by other
members of
the bar and
judiciary in
the U.S.
Baker
Roskie’s legal
practice focuses on all aspects
of commercial real estate and
land use planning law, includ-
ing land development, plan-
ning, zoning, contract review,
local government law, and
environmental and conserva-
tion issues.
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High Fives!
Employees ofAvisonYoung’s
Denver office packaged more
than 42,000 pounds of food at
the Food Bank of the Rockies as
part of Avison Young’s Global
Day of GivingOct. 15.
The firm’s 71 offices in Can-
ada, the U.S. and Europe spent
the day volunteering with
organizations of their choice.
The food packaged by Avison
Young’s Denver employeeswill
assist more than 8,400 families
in themetro area.
“We’reveryproudof that and
very proud of the fact that our
company participates in such a
great cause,” said Alec Wynne,
principal and managing direc-
tor of the Denver office.
“By setting aside a day for
all 2,000-plus Avison Young
professionals to volunteer their
time, wewill continue to broad-
en our philanthropic efforts as
a company and give back to
the communities in which we
live, work and play,” saidMark
Rose, chair and CEO of Avison
Young.
“Supporting our communi-
ties, which is one of the key
focus areas of our global citi-
zenship strategy, means that we
believe our activities and the
actions of our people should
always have a net positive
impact on our communities,”
added Mark Fieder, Avison
Young’s chief operating officer,
Canadian Operations, who is
based in Toronto.
“TheDayofGivingisanorga-
nized way for Avison Young
to actively contribute resources
to improve the communities in
whichwe do business. Nomat-
ter where you go in the world,
there is a charitable organiza-
tion that needs support so that
it can better the lives of others,”
he said.
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Moody Insurance recently
presented a $103,250 check to
Judi’s House, a grief support
center for children and families
in the Denver area. The funds
were raised at Moody’s eighth
annual Charity Golf Tourna-
ment, bringing the total raised
over the last four years for
Judi’s House to over $290,000.
This year’s donation sup-
ports a new program called
the JAG Institute, a research
and technology-based initia-
tive designed to expand Judi’s
House’s grief support outside
the Denver metro area.
“Judi’s House has been
providing essential grief sup-
port services and improving
lives in our community since
2002,” said Moody Insur-
ance Chief Operating Officer
Troy Moody. “At Moody, we
believe in being good citizens
of the communities we serve,
and part of that includes look-
ing out for families in need.
We’re proud to continue to
support Judi’s House in their
efforts and hope these funds
will help them expand their
services beyond the Denver
metro area. Thank you to our
sponsors, supporters, and
golfers for joining us in donat-
ing time and resources in sup-
port of this great cause.”
Former Denver Broncos
quarterback Brian Griese
founded Judi’s House in 2002
in honor and in memory of
his mother, who died when
he was 12. The organization’s
mission is to help children and
families grieving a death find
connection and healing.
Moody Insurance is a family
owned business with offices in
Denver, Colorado Springs and
Grand Junction. The company
offers expansive capabilities to
meet virtually any commercial
insurance, risk management,
bonding, employee benefits or
personal lines need.
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Avison Young’s Denver office spent the firm’s Global Day of Giving
packaging food for families at the Food Bank of the Rockies.
From left are Melissa Morgan, Troy Moody, Brad Moody, Evan
Moody, Brian Griese and Alysha McElroy.
High Fives! recognizes good deeds and accomplishments
by companies and individuals in the Colorado commercial
real estate industry. Please share your good news
and photos with us by emaili
Submissions should be 200 words or less.
Doug Westfall
Jamie Baker Roskie
smaller lead base. By doing
this the sales process not just
slowed, but enriched, creat-
ing a setting in which families’
spoken and unspoken priori-
ties are heard and met. With
this paradigm shift comes a
parallel slowing of the hiring
process, essential for selecting
not just appropriate skill sets
but also motives of the heart.
For if senior living is to hold
to its moorings, it must be led
by compassion for and love of
seniors.
Eric Lindsey
This is an exciting time
for senior living. In the two
decades that I have been serv-
ing seniors, it seems as if this
question pops up often. The
natural ebb and flow of develop-
ment and absorption rates force
us to reevaluate often the best
course of action toward market-
ing and sales.
Frankly, we thrive on that. By
having great competition and a
lot coming on line at the same
time, it forces us to sharpen our
message and skills. Just look
at how technology has changed
the playing field in the past five
to 10 years. Social media essen-
tially did not exist until around
2006. Here we had an entirely
new way to touch our custom-
ers and residents. The family
communication process alone
was revolutionized by social
media and we have adapted our
community technology accord-
ingly. Mobile devices, activity
(life enrichment) tracking, real
time “life” updates and instant
two-way messaging are all prod-
ucts we have in our Villagio
communities that were just
ideas a few years ago. These
options are now essential,
not only in the premove-in or
marketing process, but also for
post-move-in communication.
Having the flexibility of con-
necting with family members
and our residents, or potential
residents, is more important
than ever, and our tools allow
that. To adapt to ever-changing
environments yet maintain
values and standards is a chal-
lenge, but I am proud that
Villagio has done well in this
regard and will continue to
for many years to come.
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Senior
Eric Lindsey
CEO, Villagio Senior Living, Villagio
Senior Living of Broomfield
The natural
ebb and flow
of development
and absorption
rates force us to
reevaluate often
the best course
of action toward
marketing
and sales.
