In Denver’s West Colfax area, Arroyo Village is the first Colorado project to encompass a continuum of housing for people experiencing housing instability. Under one roof, it includes a homeless shelter, permanent supportive housing, and affordable/workforce housing next to a renovated city park and light-rail station.

McGregor Square replaced a parking lot with a mixed-use entertainment/hotel/residential district and on one city block next to Coors Field.

Laurel House, Grand Junction, provides supportive housing (0-30 percent AMI) with 34 apartments for youth exiting homelessness.

TruStile Doors’ Headquarters and Denver Production Plant combines a 65,000-square-foot corporate headquarters with a 220,000 square-foot modern factory that provides 500 jobs in Adams County. The project remediated a 12.8-acre brownfield while combing solar arrays and a biomass boiler that slashes energy use by about half.

Park Union, Colorado Springs. This project is transforming 82 blighted acres into a new gateway to downtown. New infrastructure artfully connects the $87 million U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum with America the Beautiful Park, greenways, and an emerging mixed-use neighborhood representing $150 million in new investment.

Denver Water Operations Complex Redevelopment (OCR) ensures a continuous water supply to 1.5 million customers in Denver and its suburbs. Over nine years, the project team redeveloped a 36-acre site operated by Denver Water for 130+ years with new and rehabbed buildings that feature Net Zero energy performance and innovative water conservation and recycling.

Walter (Buz) Koelbel, Jr. of Denver is president of Koelbel and Company, one of the longest continually operating real estate companies in Colorado. The company’s efforts are focused on the development of office parks and large-scale residential projects, residential construction, and real estate investment. Projects include The Preserve at Greenwood Village, Pinehurst Country Club, The Breakers, Centennial Valley Business Park, and Rendezvous, a 450-acre mixed-use resort development in Winter Park.

His professional memberships include the Urban Land Institute as Trustee and member of the Recreational Development Council, Chairman of the Colorado Council on Economic Education, Southeast Business Partnership Board of Governors member and past Chair, Denver Museum of Nature and Science Board member, Mountain States Employers Council Board member, and member of World Presidents Organization.

Since graduating from Harvard University with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Economics, Jenny Jacobs has led a career focused on finance and development. She worked as an analyst in the Real Estate Investment Banking group at Lehmann Brothers and later at Barclays Capital in New York. From there, Jenny served as a Vice President at Amstar, where she was responsible for managing development, underwriting, acquisition, asset management, and disposition for a variety of property types.

Jenny is the co-chair of ULI Colorado’s Young Leaders Group and a member of the ULI Urban Development and Mixed Use Council-Platinum. Jenny currently lives in Denver with her husband, Justin, and together they enjoy all that the city has to offer.