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A highly successful senior executive with a thirty year track record managing high-end commercial real estate portfolios and 40+ million sf in assets. Effective team leader who maximizes financial performance, business growth, capital planning and relationships. Consistently demonstrates superior judgment in all decision-making matters and crisis management situations. A proactive community leader combining a strong sense of civic loyalty and authentic interpersonal skills to guide major change initiatives.

Commercial real estate occupancy is the result of employment, financial, and operational decision-making. As such, Anthony ensures that his clients have access to world-class local market insights, portfolio optimization, labor analytics, lease administration, state and local economic incentives, debt & equity financing, facilities management, and developer/construction oversight through project management. Because of his holistic strategic approach Anthony is frequently looked to by his clients and peers for partnership on many of the largest and most complex real estate projects in Denver and beyond. Anthony has focused on Denver and global tenant representation for over a decade. Additionally, in 2013 Anthony co-founded the CBRE Energy Facilities Group (EFG), a North American practice group that he continues to lead today. In 2015 Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock appointed Anthony to the Denver Urban Renewal Authority (DURA) Board of Directors for a 5-year term. The City and County of Denver created DURA in 1958 to assist in the redevelopment of blighted property and help foster the sound growth and development of Denver. Specialties: Strategic advising, multimarket accounts, commercial acquisitions and dispositions, sale/leasebacks, and build-to-suits

Dan McGowan specializes in strategic real estate consulting and tenant representation for local and national clients. He has distinguished himself through innovative and value-added strategies for his clients on a local and national level. His responsibilities include marketing, portfolio management, strategy implementation, financial analysis and lease negotiations. Dan is the Brokerage Lead for the Denver office and a member of the Americas Brokerage Leadership Council. Dan studied Political science at the University of Alabama. He is a member of the Denver EDC Board of Governors, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties and the Denver Metro Commercial Association of REALTORS®. He is also a past participiant of the Downtown Denver Partnership Emerging Leaders program. In his free time, Dan enjoys spending time with his family, hiking, fly fishing and golf.

Kyle Zeppelin is recognized as an innovative developer of communities in the urban core of Denver. Over the past decade, Kyle’s focus has been on transforming the underused, former industrial area of River North (RiNo) into a mixed-use neighborhood. Kyle has received recognition and multiple awards for his work at TAXI and The Source, and has successfully leveraged these projects into additional fronts in RiNo. TAXI has grown from what was originally an eight-acre site, to what is now a 28-acre mixed-use site complete with 9 buildings, over 100 businesses and over 100 residential units. Kyle’s vision for The Source market hall has expanded with the addition of a hotel. The Source Hotel will feature 100 design-forward hotel rooms, an expanded 25,000-square-foot market hall featuring signature restaurants and retail shopping, New Belgium Brewing’s first Denver brewery, and an eighth-floor rooftop complete with a pool, bar, and unobstructed mountain and skyline views.On a community level, Kyle’s broader social efforts are directed toward improving pedestrian and bike infrastructure and connectivity, advocating for the reclamation of the South Platte River in RiNo and meaningful design in Denver’s built environment. Kyle currently works closely with Comal Heritage Food Incubator (Comal) and Project VOYCE, both located on TAXI. Comal, operated by non-profit Focus Points Family Resource Center and in partnership with Zeppelin Development, provides women entrepreneurs from Globeville, Elyria and Swansea with culinary arts, business and language skills in addition to serving up some of the most authentic Latin American and Syrian cuisine in Denver. Project VOYCE is a non-profit organization that provides leadership programs for students in the underprivileged sectors of Denver and teach them how to combat challenges in their communities.

David co-founded Zocalo spurred by a commitment to development that balanced investment returns, community impact and environmental respect. David focused on downtown development as soon as he arrived in Denver in 1990.  David’s first project was the Lofts over the Wynkoop Brewery. Since the Wynkoop, David established the vision for historic conversions such as the Downtown Denver and Downtown San Diego Courtyards by Marriott, which utilized the Historic Investment Tax Credit. In Denver, David was one of the first developers to work through, develop and sell deed-restricted, for-sale units at Silver State Lofts, a program that codified in the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance.  Since formation, Zocalo has quickly become among the best respected development companies in Colorado, recognized for thoughtful, innovative, well-timed and skillfully-executed projects.  As a LEED-Accredited Professional, David oversees all aspects of project development and management to ensure they meet project specifications, budgets and timelines.  As recognition, David received the Denver Business Journal's Developer of the Year award for 2012. David received his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He is interim board chair of the State Housing Board and was chairman of the board of directors of community jazz station KUVO and co-chair of the Downtown Denver Partnership's Housing Council.  David co-founded the University of Denver's Affordable Housing Conference and co-chaired the Conference's first five years. David has an appointment to Mayor Hancock's Task Force on Affordable Housing.  He received the Affordable Housing Leader of the Year Award for 2006 from the Denver chapter of the Enterprise Foundation.

Amy is the Managing Partner of East West Partners in Denver. East West Partners is devoted to creating terrific places. Since 1986, the firm has developed and sold over $7 billion of residential and commercial real estate. Amy is always looking for ways to connect people with the places they live and work. Amy is responsible for bringing the new Cherry Creek West development to life. Her team recently completed one of the Denver Union Station transit hub redevelopment and much of the adjacent residential and office including The Coloradan and 16 Chestnut. She also oversaw the revitalization of The Landmark, a distressed mixed-use community that needed new eyes and perspective. Prior to this, Amy helped to create the Riverfront Park community in Denver. More than a collection of buildings, the Riverfront Park neighborhood of Denver, Denver’s Union Station Neighborhood and the Landmark development represent something important to Amy - creating a sense of place. Amy is deeply committed to the community. She a founding member of the Center City Collaborative, which is a coalition of civic-minded, business and community leaders working to find creative and inclusive solutions to the current challenges facing downtown. She is also on the boards of Habitat for Humanity, the Denver Metro Chamber’s EDC, Downtown Denver Partnership’s Civic Ventures Board, the University of Colorado Real Estate Center’s International Advisory Board, and a member of Colorado Concern and the Urban Land Institute’s national Mixed-Use Council, Also deeply committed to the arts, Amy is a founding board member for the Riverfront Park Community Foundation, which fosters organizations particularly in the areas of arts and education in Denver, and as a founding board member of Union Hall, a new model to support local and emerging artists in downtown Denver.

MorningStar Senior Living is a fully integrated developer, owner and operator of award-winning senior living. Matt Turner serves as Managing Partner of both MorningStar and Ovation, MorningStar’s affiliated real estate investment and development company which he founded in 2011. Matt has overseen the growth of the MorningStar/Ovation portfolio from four properties in Colorado to over 30 properties comprising over 4,000 units throughout the Midwest and Western United States. Prior to MorningStar, Matt held various positions in private equity, real estate development and consulting, beginning his career with Arthur Andersen and Deloitte.

As Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Matrix Group, Brad Cohen oversees the day-to-day operations of the company, including the property management, maintenance, accounting and marketing departments. In his role, Brad emphasizes process improvement and building a strong foundation within Matrix Group so the team can be at its most effective. His philosophy for operations revolves around developing an efficient, productive, and satisfied team: create a culture of excellence, recruit top talent, and mentor future leadership. Brad joined Matrix Group in September 2019 as COO. Prior to this transition, he spent sixteen years as Managing Director of Capital Markets for Transwestern. An integral component in his time at Transwestern was Brad’s leadership in the creation and launch of Transwestern’s Mountain Region Investment Sales Group, an entirely new business unit within the company. For this team he recruited, on-boarded, and mentored seven high-performing sales professionals who came to rank in the top five percent of Transwestern producers nationwide. In the interim between Transwestern and Matrix Group, Brad established his own company, Paper Clip, CRE, which promotes a product designed to increase efficiency for commercial real estate professionals. Born and raised in Colorado, Brad grew up in Littleton and received his Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Colorado in Boulder. Brad is a licensed real estate broker in the state of Colorado.

As Senior Vice President of the Mountain region, Carol Nelson is responsible for supervising operations throughout Utah, Colorado, Idaho and Wyoming. Mrs. Nelson has more than 25 years of experience in the industry. She has received numerous awards, including “Regional Manager of the Year” in 2006, “Commitment to Excellence” in 2007 and 2008, and “Utah Apartment Association Property Supervisor of the Year” in 2007. Mrs. Nelson graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management, is a licensed real estate agent and broker in Utah, and has a CPM designation.

As Senior Vice President for DCT Industrial’s Denver and Phoenix markets, Mark Bowen is responsible for the markets’ capital deployment which includes development and acquisitions, as well as leasing for the Denver and Phoenix portfolios and managing the market team. Mr. Bowen has more than 30 years of experience in real estate and finance and has been with DCT Industrial since 2004. During his tenure at DCT Industrial, he assisted with the initial growth of the Company’s Houston, Northern California, Southern California and Seattle portfolios, prior to market teams being established in those areas. This growth not only helped to further establish the markets within DCT Industrial’s portfolio, it also began the repositioning of the Company into highly-desirable locations within the markets. Prior to joining the team, Mr. Bowen was the Senior Vice President at The Laramar Group, a privately held, full-service, multi-family organization. While there, he was responsible for acquisitions, development, value-add, financing, debt and equity strategies and dispositions. Mr. Bowen was an Executive of the company and was a member of its Investment Committee. Mr. Bowen spent 15 years with General Electric Real Estate in various positions, the most recent of which was as the Western Director of Investments and Development. In this role he managed offices in Seattle, Irvine, and Denver. Mr. Bowen and his team acquired or developed, office, retail, multi-family, and procured land opportunities throughout the western United States. Mr. Bowen received his B.S. in Business Management from Colorado State University. He is currently a member of NAIOP’s Acquisition Forum, and an active member of the Denver and Phoenix Chapters of SIOR, the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors.

Neil Beldock has over 30 years of experience as a real estate finance professional. Over those 30+ years Neil has held positions at Citigroup, Coast Federal Bank of California, Independence Bank of Los Angeles, Family Savings Bank of Los Angeles, Hamburg Savings Bank of New York, Interbay Funding and Velocity Commercial Capital. Neil has held executive and senior level management positions covering loan originations, loan operations, loan servicing, secondary marketing, loan securitization and joint venture operations. Neil is also a published author having written articles for numerous mortgage industry publications including the Scotsman Guide, Commercial Mortgage Insight, The Mortgage Press and National Mortgage Broker Magazine. Currently, Neil serves as a Senior Executive at Pender Capital Funding in Dallas, Texas.

Harry has a rich background in seismic and structural engineering that encompasses a variety of project types. With more than 20 years of experience, he has worked for the commercial, institutional, and industrial sectors throughout the western United States, including Alaska and Guam. His project management experience includes seismic, rehabilitation, historic preservation, medical, educational, commercial, and industrial facilities, using a wide range of construction materials. In 2011, Harry moved from the Portland office to the San Diego office, and has been an important resource for DCI’s Southern California clients since then.

Lea Ann Fowler operates at the intersection of commercial real estate and finance, helping her clients effectively navigate and redefine today's complex real estate market. Clients turn to Lea Ann for practical, responsive, and strategic advice related to single and multi-tiered debt and equity financing structures, workouts and restructures of distressed assets, as well as the acquisition, construction, leasing, and sale of a wide range of real estate property types, including office, retail, industrial, mixed use condominium, multifamily, and hospitality. Combining her industry knowledge with a passion for complex commercial real estate finance transactions, Lea Ann proactively works with financial institutions, institutional investors, and borrowers on the full scope of their real estate issues. From prominent commercial lending institutions to real estate developers and private equity firms, Lea Ann's dexterity and hands-on approach benefit clients in the structuring and negotiation of a broad spectrum of mortgage loan and asset based transactions, involving senior, construction, permanent, and interim loans, multi-property financings, mezzanine financings, and preferred equity investments. With particular experience serving clients with hotel and resort, retail centers, medical offices, and mixed-use real estate assets, Lea Ann has the balanced local and global perspective to help you across the entire property lifecycle.