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A fifth generation Denver native, Andrew has over 25 years of business experience, including real estate investment, development and management, entertainment, hospitality, event production and international business. In his role as CEO and Managing Partner for the EXDO (“Extended Downtown”) Group, Andrew oversees commercial property investment and joint venture vertical development for EXDO’s Denver-based property holdings, many of which are located in Denver’s vibrant River North (RiNo) Art District. Andrew and his team spearheaded the redevelopment of the RiNo from a low-dense, industrial warehouse district into one of the most exciting urban development opportunities in the United States - attracting over $3 billion in public and private investment to date with another $3 billion committed over the next 10 years. Andrew’s EXDO Development division has facilitated or jointly developed many of RiNo’s most innovative real estate projects, including The HUB mixed-use office tower (completed), Industry RiNo Station (completed), The Catbird Hotel (completed), and an anchor retail mixed-use project (in development). EXDO also owns and operates the 3,000-person capacity ReelWorks Denver, home to Denver’s most versatile and unique events. In Colorado, Andrew serves on the boards of Colorado Concern, Visit Denver, the Downtown Denver Partnership, the RiNo Art District (which he chaired for over 10 years), the Denver Metropolitan Major League Baseball Stadium District and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Rocky Mountain Region, which awarded Andrew with its “Torch of Liberty Award” in 2017 for his work on social justice issues. In 2020, Andrew was asked by Mayor Hancock to co-chair the City of Denver’s Economic Relief Council to combat the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on local businesses. And Andrew has been tapped by both Mayor Hancock and Colorado Governor Jared Polis to craft policies to incentivize affordable housing. An avid traveler, Andrew has participated with Denver Sister Cities International on diplomatic missions to Nairobi, Kenya and Takayama, Japan and has joined Mayor Hancock on official trade delegations to Tokyo, Munich, Dubai, Addis Ababa and Cairo. Currently, Andrew is serving on Denver’s Africa Air Service Committee to develop non-stop air service between Denver and Africa. Andrew is also the founder of DenverStiffs.com, the most read website devoted to the NBA’s Denver Nuggets and their fan base worldwide. Through Nuggets connections and his passion for Africa, Andrew met former Nuggets vice president and current Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri in 2010 and has participated in the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders Africa and Masai’s Giants of Africa summer basketball camps across the African continent annually since. To date, Andrew has traveled to 15 African countries. Prior to joining EXDO in Denver, Andrew spent 10 years in Los Angeles as an animation, television and new media producer and nationally syndicated cartoonist, developing content for global entertainment companies including Warner Bros., Nickelodeon and Fox Sports. Andrew is a graduate of Emory University in Atlanta where he received a Bachelor’s in Business Administration focusing on both marketing and international business. Andrew currently resides in Denver with his wife Sarah and their children Grace and Xavier.

Ben Krasnow is the managing director for the southwest region of the Crescent Communities multifamily business. Most recently, Ben served as the vice president of Multifamily Development for McWhinney, a Denver-based Real Estate Development company. In this role, he managed the development of over 2,000 apartment homes in the Denver-area, as well as Austin, Portland, and Omaha. With 15 years of progressively complex experience in the multifamily real estate industry including the Bozzuto Group in Washington DC, Krasnow brings a wealth of knowledge to his new role at Crescent. Krasnow holds a master’s degree in real estate development from the University of Maryland.