Denver Industrial Boom!

John is the President and Managing Partner of Comunale Properties and its affiliated companies. John is responsible for strategic planning, capital structuring, business development and all property and asset management operations for Comunale. He is also the founder and Managing Partner of the company’s investment affiliate, The J.Red Group, and serves as the Manager of all new investment partnerships. Under John’s leadership, Comunale has become a fully integrated multi-market real estate platform with more than 30 owned and managed assets.

Brandon Kramer serves as a Senior Associate and Associate Director of the National Office and Industrial Properties Group (NOIPG) of Marcus & Millichap. Brandon focuses on the disposition, acquisition and analysis of Office and Industrial Properties in the Mountain West Region. Brandon brings to Marcus & Millichap, a wealth of knowledge of the Mountain West Region’s Office and Industrial Real Estate market, a principle’s approach to investment from years of development experience and a tenacious, must-win attitude. Brandon’s experience in development and investments amplify his “client first” approach to brokerage. He works diligently to make sure the client’s needs are met in a timely and professional manner. Prior to joining Marcus & Millichap, Brandon was a member of KL Energy, an ethanol production design/build firm. In addition to Project Development and Construction Management, Brandon handled the brokerage and logistics of both feedstock and finished products from the firm’s collection of nationwide plants. In 2013, Brandon joined Marcus & Millichap to focus on building the firm’s Office and Industrial presence in the Denver market. In the last 5 years, Brandon has underwritten over $1.5B in total deal volume and successfully closed on over $150M worth of real estate. In addition to brokering commercial real estate transactions, Brandon also owns and manages several hundred thousand square feet of commercial property, including The Grant Building, one of the first steel frame “skyscrapers” built in the South, a 10-story office building located in Atlanta, GA, constructed in 1898 and a 30K SF multitenant Tech/Flex building in Arvada, CO.

Charlie is the Director of Business Development for the local Denver office of ARCO/Murray, a national design/build construction company with a focus on industrial work across the country. Charlie has a passion for finding collaborative, holistic solutions for clients and projects through ARCO/Murray’s unique process that transfers owner risk, accelerates schedule, and reduces total project cost. Prior to working at ARCO/Murray, Charlie led the Commercial Market Team for the structural department at Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers. Charlie was born and raised in Colorado and earned his master’s degree in engineering from the University of Illinois.

Paul co-founded Hyde Development in 2012 with his father, Mac, to redevelop brownfield sites into new, sustainable, and quality buildings. Prior to launching Hyde Development, Paul co-founded Real Estate Recycling in 1995 to develop contaminated property in MN and WI. Paul is responsible for leading the company’s current development projects and acquisitions.

Courtney is responsible for the industrial development and acquisitions for Hines in Colorado and Arizona. In these two markets she is charged with the sourcing, development, financing, leasing and disposition of developments and acquisitions of industrial and logistics projects. Since joining Hines in 2019, Courtney has grown the industrial presence in Colorado from zero to 1.5M square feet of industrial space across 8 buildings with future phases of land totaling more than 170 acres either owned or under exclusivity. Courtney is also responsible for signing the firms largest single-building industrial development in Arizona totaling more than 1.25M square feet. Prior to joining Hines, Courtney was a Development Manager at United Properties in their Denver office. Courtney facilitated projects of all product types in her time at United Properties – industrial, office, retail, and senior housing – concluding with ground up development of more than 2.5M sq. ft. of office and industrial product, acquisitions and dispositions exceeding $150M, and assisting the financing team in closing on loans totaling nearly $220M. Courtney is an active member of NAIOP Colorado, currently serving on its Board of Directors. She graduated from the University of Colorado with a BS in Business Administration; Marketing Emphasis and Real Estate Certificate.

Joel serves as the Murray & Stafford’s contact person as Chief Executive Officer. His leadership qualities cover the initial point of contact to a completed, quality project. His attributes include innovative conceptual ideas, contract as well as subcontract negotiations, stream-lining the permitting process, quality estimating, scheduling, purchasing and overall job supervision. Throughout the construction process Joel and his team work to provide continued value analysis of options for optimizing the Owners/Developers bottom-line results. Joel’s expertise and experience has increased Murray & Stafford’s volume 300 percent and its reputation as Colorado’s key tilt-up constructor. He has built nearly 10 million square feet of tilt concrete structure for a variety of commercial applications; qualifying him as an unquestioned expert in this building methodology. Joel’s history as a native Coloradan established his interest in native soils and their characteristics. Impact of harsh temperature extremes and snow load familiarity imposes an instinctive understanding of subsurface and roof stress conditions. A Civil Engineering degree from the Colorado School of Mines adds academics to his intuition and expertise. Joel excels in value-engineering, design-build strategies, and team building tactics. The results of said expertise have been rewarding as approximately 90 percent of recent Murray & Stafford projects result from repeat customers. Some of those customers are Colorado’s esteemed profiles including Trammell Crow Company, ProLogis, United Properties, Etkin Johnson Group, and Jordon Perlmutter & Co.

As a director of development at United Properties, Megan is responsible for identifying and pursuing new industrial development opportunities. She leads a variety of development team efforts, including site selection and market analysis, financial feasibility and underwriting, entitlement and due diligence, and manages leasing and construction management teams for all new industrial development projects. Megan is actively involved in acquisition, development and dispositions of all industrial assets. Past Experience Megan worked with the Denver team as a commercial development manager, development associate and before that a development intern while completing her undergraduate degree. She also has commercial retail development experience through a previous internship. Professional and Community Involvement Megan is an active member of the University of Colorado Real Estate Center Young Alumni group serving as the Membership Chair for the Board, NAIOP Developing Leaders Colorado Chapter member, and is a member of NAIOP Developing Leaders Forum XIII. Education Megan received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business with an emphasis in operations management. She also holds a real estate certificate from the University of Colorado Real Estate Center. While at the University of Colorado, Megan was involved in the Real Estate Center where she was selected to compete in the ICSC Sherman Miller Competition representing CU in the fall of 2015 and went on to earn a spot on the 2016 USC Case Competition team.

Kyle provides experienced leadership and represents HPM’s client interests. He is focused on understanding client needs and project expectations and aligning them with the HPM project team. Kyle is most concerned with overall client satisfaction and the successful completion of each and every project. He monitors project progress/performance and is the main point of contact for communication with HPM’s clients. 16 Years of experience in Industrial Market specializing in engineering, technology and construction at a Top 3 ENR Contractor. Notable Projects: $43B Alaska LNG Projects, $40B Petro-Canada Bitumen Refinery, $2B Iowa Fertilizer Plant.

Jake Finley is the founder and managing partner of Karis Capital, LLC. Since its formation in January 2014, Karis has completed over $300 million worth of real estate transactions with a primary focus on Class-A industrial facilities. Karis is currently developing and owns property in Denver, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta and Charlotte. Prior to founding Karis, Mr. Finley worked as a real estate broker focusing on tenant representation for several large 3PL’s, completing over $500 million worth of transactions in 12 different states. Prior to Karis he was a licensed real estate broker and before that a broker at the Chicago Board of Trade. Mr. Finley played both intercollegiate Golf and Baseball at Taylor University in Indiana, where he earned his degrees in Finance and Accounting.