CBRE Announces Three Promotions in Colorado
CBRE announced that three professionals in its Colorado offices have achieved honorary title promotions.
Based in Denver, Dann Burke is promoted to senior vice president. Mr. Burke specializes in healthcare-related real estate transactions and medical office properties across the Denver metro area and greater Colorado Front Range. He has more than two decades of experience in healthcare-specific development, design and construction, leasing, and sales services. Last month, Mr. Burke was named a top 2021 Healthcare Influencer by GlobeSt.
Pete Kelly is also promoted to senior vice president. Mr. Kelly is based in CBRE’s Fort Collins office and focuses on office and land transactions in Northern Colorado, including investment sales, leasing, and occupier representation. Mr. Kelly is a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) and a member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR). In 2019, Mr. Kelly was named the Northern Colorado Commercial Association of Realtors’ Top Investment Producer.
Monica Wiley is promoted to vice president. Based in Denver, Ms. Wiley is with CBRE Capital Markets, specializing in office property sales across metro Denver. Her primary focus is office investments and owner-user building sales up to and including $25 million, mainly targeted toward private capital groups and investors. Ms. Wiley is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP).
Livable Cities Studio Expands Capabilities with New Landscape Architect
Livable Cities Studio, an urban design and landscape architecture studio committed to building cities for lived experiences that celebrate social connection and inclusivity, is expanding its Denver-based team with the addition of a new landscape architect. Melanie Schroeder’s national and international experience in landscape architecture spans both public and private sectors including streetscapes, parks, and playgrounds.
“As we continue to grow our portfolio and work on large-scale projects in both the public and private realm, we’re excited to bring creative and passionate new talent to our growing team,” said Meredith Wenskoski, president at Livable Cities Studio. “Melanie’s passion and drive for creating meaningful spaces for local communities, and the way her designs celebrate and recognize each site’s history and context make her a great addition to Livable Cities Studio.”
Before moving to Colorado in 2019, Schroeder spent three years in New Zealand improving public spaces by developing and renovating parks and playgrounds and improving the community activation of open spaces. Leaning on her international experience in the public realm, Schroeder will focus on both private and civic projects for Livable Cities Studio, including the master plan development to revitalize Walker-Branch Park in Edgewater and Lakewood, Connecting Auraria in Denver, and numerous urban infill public realm projects. Most recently, Schroeder worked with another Denver-based firm on projects including DaVinci Park in Evans, Colorado and Garrison Street Paseo in Arvada, Colorado.
“I was drawn to Livable Cities Studio ever since arriving in Colorado. Their commitment to addressing the complex needs of contemporary cities and create places for people and human experience is well aligned to my own values,” said Schroeder. “Thoughtfully matching physical design interventions with meaningful experiential outcomes is an important aspect of any successful project. Livable Cities Studio continually illustrates their aptitude at this by focusing each project on the people who will use the space.”
A licensed landscape architect, Schroeder has a Master of Landscape Architecture and a Bachelor of Environmental Design from the University of Minnesota.
Kumar & Associates, Inc. Congratulates Three Staff Engineers for Passing the Colorado P.E. Exam
Kumar & Associates, Inc. (K+A) announced that three of its staff engineers have passed the Professional Engineer exam to receive their license for the State of Colorado in 2021. Congratulations to James Parsons, Alan Yelton, and Justin Cupich!
James Parsons has been with K + A for more than three years providing engineering support at our Glenwood Springs office and projects throughout most of western Colorado. James’ responsibilities include a wide range of geotechnical engineering such as deep pile or pier foundations, subsurface grouting, and steep slopes of mountainous terrain and valley bottom. James also works closely with senior engineering staff and assists with construction monitoring services through the completion of the project. He recently completed Fundamentals of Professional Practice (FOPP), specially designed for geotechnical professionals, placing in the top 5 percent of his class, furthering his professional expertise and career.
Alan (Al) Yelton has around seven years of geotechnical engineering experience, of which the past 5 have been with K+A at the Staff and Senior Staff levels. Al is an integral part of our geotechnical engineering team managing a wide variety of projects ranging from multi-unit residential to educational to infrastructure to commercial and industrial. Al also provides On-Site Wastewater Treatment System (OWTS) design expertise, office support to our field exploration services, and mentoring to our field and entry-level engineers. Passing the P.E. exam is confirmation of his rapid growth as a consulting engineer and a stepping stone to furthering his career at K+A.
Justin Cupich has been with K+A for more than seven years, coming to us with a background in construction materials testing. For the first couple of years at K+A, Justin helped manage our Denver soil laboratory before moving into geotechnical engineering a little more than five years ago as a Staff then Senior Staff level engineer.
Justin manages a wide variety of geotechnical engineering projects ranging from transportation to multi-unit low- and hi-rise residential to infrastructure to commercial and industrial. Justin is K+A’s lead for our Falling Weight Deflectometer testing services as well as the M-E Pavement design approach and is our resident engineering advisor regarding ASTM, AASHTO, and CDOT laboratory testing procedures. Passing the P.E. exam is confirmation of his rapid growth as a consulting engineer and a stepping stone to furthering his career at K+A.
Andrew Sparn of JVA Joins Colorado Economic Development Commission
JVA, Inc. announced Andrew Sparn, P.E., was appointed to the Colorado Economic Development Commission (EDC) by the speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives. The EDC develops incentive packages to assist with business expansions and company relocations to grow jobs statewide.
Andrew is a project manager and senior associate at JVA, Inc. and has been with the firm since 2011. Andrew specializes in water and wastewater treatment, utility infrastructure planning, design, permitting, construction administration, and funding. Andrew established JVA’s Denver Office in 2015 and is the Regional Manager of a growing office. Andrew’s mission is to promote economic opportunity and assist disadvantaged communities to deliver high-priority projects while protecting the environment.
JVA is an employee-owned structural, civil, and environmental consulting engineering firm headquartered in Boulder with offices in Fort Collins, Winter Park, Glenwood Springs, and Denver. JVA has a 65-year history as a consulting engineering firm providing services to municipalities, owners and architects on projects throughout the Rocky Mountain region and nationwide.
