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COLORADO REAL ESTATE JOURNAL
— December 16, 2015-January 5, 2016
William E. “Bill” Mosher
Senior managing director
Trammell Crow Co.
Randy Nichols
President and founder
Nichols Partnership
Larry A. Mizel
Chairman and CEO
MDC Holdings Inc.
W. Douglas Morrison
Principal
Doug Morrison & Co.
(deceased)
Years in the industry:
23 years in nonprofit urban
redevelopment/economic development and 16 years in
private real estate development
Birthplace:
Denver
Education:
B.A. from Willamette University in Salem,
Oregon, and M.S. from University of Arizona in Tucson
Professional affiliations/charities:
Chairman, CSU System
Board of Governors; chairman, Denver Civic Ventures at the
Downtown Denver Partnership; member and past chairman,
Urban Land Institute; member and past director, NAIOP; director
and advisory board member,Vectra Bank; chairman, 2006 DPS
Bond Committee; past board member, Judi’s House
What advice would you give someone starting in commercial real estate today?
Know your
market, take a long-term view, work hard, and enjoy the fray and the people or go do something else.
What professional accomplishment or achievement are you most proud of and why?
Contributing to the growing vitality of downtown Denver and having ongoing relationships with my
clients, associates and partners.
What changes do you foresee for Colorado real estate in the next 10 years?
Continued growth will bring changes and challenges, so it is important that our profession advance
the creation of livable places so our current quality of life is preserved and hopefully enhanced.
What was your first job?
I was a tennis coach in high school. Out of college, my first job was
as a management trainee with a regional retailer.
What projects are you currently working on or planning?
Arvada Station Transit Hub, Crossroads
Commerce Park, Denver Health office building at Sixth and Broadway, DenverWater Operations Center
Redevelopment, Arvada Station retail and multifamily TOD, and Platte Street office building
What are your rules to live by in business?
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Who is the person you most admire?
My mother and wife – both have overcome loss with
grace and fortitude.
Family:
Wife, Molly Broeren, two daughters (Christi and Liz), two stepsons (MJ and Andy), and five grandkids
Hobbies/interests:
Travel and outdoor activities, including cycling, skiing, fly-fishing and hiking
Favorite book or TV show:
Catch news programs and sports when I can
Years in the industry:
34 years
Birthplace:
Decatur, Illinois
Education:
B.S. from Colorado State University; M.S.
from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professional affiliations/charities:
CU Real Estate
Center, board of governors; CU Real Estate Foundation
board; Denver Theatre District, board
What advice would you give someone starting
in commercial real estate today?
Get started
when the market is improving, not when it has been
going strong for a long time. In other words, don’t get
caught in the next down cycle when you are just getting started.
What professional accomplishment or achievement are you most proud of and
why?
Clayton Lane, because it was a transformative development for Cherry Creek
What was your first job?
Boulder-based Cork ‘n Cleaver Restaurants in 1975
What projects are you currently working on or planning?
A condominium development
in the Highlands and a hotel-residential-winery project in Napa, California
What are your rules to live by in business?
Pick your partners carefully and treat people
fairly.
Who is the person you most admire?
My late father
Family:
Wife, Holly Nichols, sons Daniel, Robbie and Taylor
Hobbies/interests:
Golf, skiing, fitness, flying
Favorite book or TV show:
“A Man in Full” by Tom Wolfe
Years in the industry:
43
Birthplace:
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in business administration
from the University of Oklahoma and a Juris Doctor from
the University of Denver - Sturm College of Law
Professional affiliations/charities:
Chairman of
the Board of Trustees for The Simon Wiesenthal Center,
the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Colorado
Concern, the Mizel Institute, the Denver Rustlers, Council
on Foreign Relations, Milken Institute, JewishColorado, El
Pomar and the Colorado State Patrol
What advice would you give someone starting in commercial real estate today?
I
would advise them to get a job with a commercial real estate development company and learn the
business (from the bottom up) prior to trying it out on their own – saving time, effort and money in a
challenging industry. However, I, myself, did none of the above.
What professional accomplishment or achievement are you most proud of and why?
Graduating high school
What changes do you foresee for Colorado real estate in the next 10 years?
The
continuation of a vibrant residential and commercial market
What was your first job?
I was a bag boy at a grocery store for 50 cents an hour (after 44 hours,
you got 75 cents an hour).
What projects are you currently working on or planning?
Building a Museum of Tolerance
in Jerusalem for the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
What are your rules to live by in business?
Winston Churchill’s: “Never, never, never give up.”
Who is the person you most admire?
Emil Hecht: he was a great humanitarian and leader
within the Denver community.
Family:
Wife (of 45 years), Carol, son, Cheston, daughter, Courtney, and six grandchildren
Hobbies/interests:
Philanthropy
Favorite book or TV show:
“Homeland”
Years in the industry:
62
Birthplace:
Grand Junction
Education:
University of Colorado, School of Business
Administration; Harvard University, Graduate School of
Business
Professional affiliations/charities:
National
president of Society of Industrial and Office Realtors;
president, American Chapter FIABCI; president,
Industrial Section of the World Real Estate Federation;
former board member, Mount Airy Hospital, Colorado
Women’s College and Hundred Club of Denver
What professional accomplishment or achievement are you most proud of and
why?
In the 1960s negotiated the development and build-to-suit of 1 million square feet for
the distribution center warehouse buildings for the Gates Rubber Co. The development required
the coordinated involvement of the Doug Morrison & Co., Gates Rubber Co., the Union Pacific
Railroad and the Trammell Crow Co. At the time, this was the largest industrial development ever
constructed in Colorado involving a third-party developer/owner and required the complicated and
coordinated efforts of all the parties.
What was your first job?
Stockbroker for J. Barth & Co.
Who is the person you most admire?
Henry Van Schaack Sr.
Family:
Wife, Lynette Morrison, four children, seven grandchildren and seven great-
grandchildren
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