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SEPTEMBER 2023
The AAMD Tributes Awards – Gordon Von Stroh Community Impact Award (The Apartment Association of Metro Denver)
MARCH 2023
David Zucker – Denver’s ‘affordable’ units ordinance, building permits delays drive frustrations, cost (The Denver Gazette)
MAY 2023
The Quayle – Adaptive Reuse In Denver Could Bring Activity Back To City’s Older Neighborhoods (Bisnow)
June 2023
Notable – Vacant office buildings find new life as affordable apartments (CBS News Colorado)
NOVEMBER 2022
Vita Littleton – Celebrate the holiday by finding a new Colorado home for your golden years (The Denver Post)
OCTOBER 2022
The Quayle Building – Denver’s Zocalo Development breathes new life in Baker neighborhood’s ‘crown jewel’ (The Denver Gazette)
DECEMBER 2021
Multifamily Leadership recognized Zocalo as one of the Top 50 Places to Work Multifamily® (PRNewswire)
OCTOBER 2021
New affordable housing option in Lakewood (The Denver Channel)
APRIL 2021
Boulder moves ball expansion, Hill hotel, apartment project forward without debate (Colorado Daily)
MARCH 2021
Boulder Planning Board approves Waterview Project (Daily Camera)
OCTOBER 2020
Out-of-state mortgage banking company arranges financing for Lakewood apts. (CREJ)
OCTOBER 2020
Out-of-state mortgage banking company arranges financing for Lakewood apts. (CREJ)
SEPTEMBER 2020
Vacant Office Building in Lakewood to be Converted into Affordable Housing for Local Artists (Mile High CRE)
SEPTEMBER 2020
Zocalo Lands $48M for Denver-Area Affordable Project (Multi-Housing News)
SEPTEMBER 2020
Bellwether Enterprise Arranges $47.6M Bond Financing for Affordable Housing Project in Colorado (ReBusiness Online)
JULY 2020
2020 Gold Nugget Award for Littleton Project (Mile High CRE)
MAY 2020
Denver’s Biggest Landlords Discuss May Collections (BusinessDen)
MARCH 2020
In Denver’s Amenity Wars, Landlords Face a Common Enemy: Covid-19 (Denver Business Journal)
MARCH 2020
NAIOP Celebrates 2019 Awards of Achievement (Mile High CRE)
FEBRUARY 2020
NAIOP Colorado awards honor industry professionals, top projects of 2019 (Colorado Real Estate Journal)
NOVEMBER 2019
Who is Who 2020 (AAMD)
OCTOBER 2019
Historic Denver Inc. Awards 2019 Community Preservation: The Quayle (Historic Denver Inc.)
SEPTEMBER 2019
DBJ’S C-Suite Awards, Susan Maxwell (Denver Business Journal)
JULY 2019
DBJ’s Outstanding Women in Business, Susan Maxwell (Denver Business Journal)
JULY 2019
Revealed: DBJ’s C-Suite Awards winners for 2019 (Denver Business Journal)
JULY 2019
Revealed: DBJ’s Outstanding Women in Business (Denver Business Journal)
JULY 2019
Repurposing Historic Gems: Why Adaptive Reuse Matters (Authentic F&F)
JUNE 2019
Denver council approves affordable housing, 16-floor tower near Sloan’s Lake (The Denver Post)
JUNE 2019
Controversial Apartment Building Approved In Sloan’s Lake Park (CBS Denver)
JUNE 2019
City Council Approves Zoning for 300 Units Near Sloan’s Lake (Westword)
JUNE 2019
City Council gives green light for Sloan’s Lake development (Denver News 9)
JUNE 2019
Denver City Council holds final vote on new Sloan’sLake development (Denver News 7)
MAY 2019
Movers and Shakers Week Ending 05.17.19 (Denver Business Journal)
MAY 2019
Amenity wars: How a developer is convincing renters (Denver Business Journal)
MAY 2019
Zocalo to Deliver In-Demand, High-Design, Smaller Units to RiNo (MileHigh CRE)
MAY 2019
Katie Gordon Named Director of Training and Culture at Zocalo (Barefoot PR)
APRIL 2019
The Herd: New hires, departures and promotions 4.30.19 (BusinessDen)
APRIL 2019
Movers and Shakers Week Ending 04.26.19 (Mile High CRE)
APRIL 2019
Zocalo Hires Nelson Laux as Community Director for Coda Cherry Creek (Barefoot PR)
APRIL 2019
Zocalo Hires Nicole Courter as Community Director for Downtown Denver’s Premier Lofts (Barefoot PR)
APRIL 2019
Zocalo Secures Financing for Affordable Housing Project on South Broadway (Mile High CRE)
APRIL 2019
Zocalo Partners with City of Denver to Finance Affordable Housing Project on South Broadway (Barefoot PR)
MARCH 2019
Chris Schillinger Partner & Senior Project Manager at Zocalo (Denver Business Journal)
FEBRUARY 2019
Zocalo Launches Two-Year Nonprofit Partnership with Re:Vision (Barefoot PR)
FEBRUARY 2019
The Herd: New hires, departures and promotions (BusinessDen)
FEBRUARY 2019
Local Projects Match Preservation & Affordable Housing (Historic Denver)
FEBRUARY 2019
Chris Schillinger Named an Equity Owner at Zocalo (Barefoot PR)
JANUARY 2019
The Herd: New hires, departures and promotions (BusinessDen)
JANUARY 2019
Movers and Shakers (Mile High CRE)
JANUARY 2019
Brian Watson Promoted to Senior Property Accountant at Zocalo (Barefoot PR)
JANUARY 2019
The Herd: New hires, departures and promotions (BusinessDen)
JANUARY 2019
Movers and Shakers (Mile High CRE)
JANUARY 2019
Madeline Grawey Promoted to Director of Business and Marketing at Zocalo (Barefoot PR)
DECEMBER 2018
People on the move (Denver Business Journal)
NOVEMBER 2018
Clark Atkinson Becomes Newest Principal at Zocalo (Barefoot PR)
NOVEMBER 2018
NOVEMBER 2018
1st Avenue Residences (Denver Infill)
NOVEMBER 2018
Susan Maxwell of Zocalo Community Development Recognized as Denver Power Women 2018 Honoree (Barefoot PR)
OCTOBER 2018
Developer spends $6.6M on RiNo site; 13 stories planned (BusinessDen)
OCTOBER 2018
Executive Voice: Zocalo’s Clark Atkinson seeks authenticity through building (Denver Business Journal)
OCTOBER 2018
OCTOBER 2018
The Herd: Departures, new hires and promotions (BusinessDen)
OCTOBER 2018
Zocalo Hires Shequena Gray as Executive Assistant (Barefoot PR)
OCTOBER 2018
Zocalo Hires Paul Birnesser as Vice President of Finance and Accounting (Barefoot PR)
SEPTEMBER 2018
Movers and Shakers (Mile High CRE)
SEPTEMBER 2018
Zocalo Hired Torrance Delgado as Assistant Project Manager (Barefoot PR)
SEPTEMBER 2018
The Herd: New hires, departures and promotions (BusinessDen)
SEPTEMBER 2018
Building for the boomers: How Developers plan to house an aging population (DBJ)
AUGUST 2018
Denver Rising Transit Oriented Development (AAMD Apartment Trends)
AUGUST 2018
Zocalo Community Development Creates Sustainable Multi-Family (Green Home Builder)
AUGUST 2018
Zocalo Promotes Alexia Teichman to Community Director at Apex 5510 (Barefoot PR)
AUGUST 2018
JULY 2018
Several A/E/C Industry Companies Recognized as Best Places to Work (Mile High CRE)
JUNE 2018
JUNE 2018
A year before it reopens, below-market housing on Broadway has a long list (Denverite)
MAY 2018
The developer’s dilemma: Preserving the 15-minute community (CREJ)
MAY 2018
DBJ 2018 Best Places to Work finalists (Denver Business Journal)
MAY 2018
Historic South Broadway Building to be turned into affordable housing (News 7)
APRIL 2018
Why renovation of historic hotel building is this Denver developer’s “most complicated project” (Denver Business Journal)
APRIL 2018
Hybrid condo and affordable project coming to Sloan’s Lake (Denver Business Journal)
APRIL 2018
Proposed mixed-use development garners mixed reviews from neighbors (BusinessDen)
APRIL 2018
JANUARY 2018
Kathleen Bole, Zocalo’s New Development Manager (Barefoot PR)
JANUARY 2018
Ryan Rogers, Zocalo’s New Director of Predevelopment (Barefoot PR)
JANUARY 2018
Historic Building in SoBo to Become Affordable Housing (Mile High CRE)
SEPTEMBER 2017
Elegant and ecological: In Cherry Creek North, take a champagne tour of very walkable, sustainable apartments (Denver Post)
SEPTEMBER 2017
Boulder advances public-private development plans at 30th and Pearl (Daily Camera)
JUNE 2017
Coda Apartments Awarded Prestigious LEED Gold Green Building Certification (PR Web)
APRIL 2017
South Broadway landmark to get micro units (Business Den)
JANUARY 2017
Massive transit-oriented housing project in Elyria-Swansea could build 560 homes near stock show (The Denver Post)
OCTOBER 2016
Comcast Brings Gigabit Internet to Luxe Coda Cherry Creek (The Denver Post)
MAY 2016
Cherry Creek Coda Update (Denver Infill)
MARCH 2016
The Kitchen to Open Another Bistro in Cherry Creek (Westword)
MARCH 2016
Building a Newer (Cooler) Denver (5280 Magazine)
FEBRUARY 2016
Stapleton’s Age 55-Plus Rental Alternative: At The Grove Tour and Amenity-rich Community a 2-block Walk From Town Center (The Denver Post)
FEBRUARY 2016
The Kitchen Cherry Creek to Open in August in Coda Building (The Denver Post)
FEBRUARY 2016
Mixed-use project begins in Littleton (Denver Urban Review)
NOVEMBER 2015
Zocalo Community Development Wins Three 2015 Tribute Awards from the Apartment Association of Metro Denver (PRNewswire)
OCTOBER 2015
Cherry Creek Construction Update (Denver Urban Review)
OCTOBER 2015
Zocalo Tops Off Coda in Cherry Creek (Confluence Denver)
AUGUST 2015
Emily Griffith Foundation, Zocalo Plan Affordable Housing, Retail in Denver (The Denver Post)
AUGUST 2015
Zocalo, Emily Griffith to Build Apartments, Workforce Center, Daycare Downtown (Denver Business Journal)
AUGUST 2014
Building for the Generations – The Grove at Stapleton (Urban Land Magazine)
JUNE 2014
Zocalo’s Cadence Apartments Wins Downtown Denver Partnership Project of the Year Award (Press Release)
FEBRUARY 2014
Behind The Record-Setting Cadence Apartment Sale (Denver Business Journal)
OCTOBER 2013
Cadence First to Deliver Apartments at Union Station (Denver Business Journal)
OCTOBER 2013
A Future Cadence Resident Tells Why He’s Anxious to Move In (Denver Business Journal)
OCTOBER 2013
Downtown Denver is booming, but it is a tale of two cities (Denver Post)
SEPTEMBER 2013
Zocalo Offers Competition to ‘Solve Retail Puzzle’ (Denver Business Journal)
August 2013
Cadence Anchors New Multi-Family Development at Union Station (Colorado Design and Construction)
AUGUST 2013
Lease-Ups Six Ways to Leverage Touch Technolog (Multi-Housing News)
NOVEMBER 2012
Zocalo – Bike Repair Rooms Popping Up – Denver Post (Denver Post)
OCTOBER 2012
Green Certification (Units Magazine)
OCTOBER 2012
Chris Archer Appointed to Project Managment At Zocalo (Denver Business Journal)
OCTOBER 2012
Zocalo Named Developer of the Year (Denver Business Journal)
AUGUST 2012
Zocalo 2020 Denver Business Journal (Denver Business Journal)
JANUARY 2012
Zocalo Development One of Most Active Developers in Downtown Denver (Downtown Denver Partnership “Skylines”)
JANUARY 2012
Developers Making Time for Apartment Market in Metro Denver (Denver Post)
NOVEMBER 2011
Zocalo Wins Apartment Association of Metro Denver “Tribute Award” for InnovativeTechnology at Solera (Press Release)
OCTOBER 2011
Solera Apartments Draw Record Per Unit Price (Denver Business Journal)
JULY 2011
Susan Maxwell – Director of Real Estate Describes Downtown Green Living (Denver by the Slice)
JUNE 2011
Zocalo Principal, Chris Achenbach, Named as ULI Chair (Denver Post)
NOVEMBER 2010
Solera Wins Coveted Project-of-the-Year Award (University of Denver)
OCTOBER 2009
Principal Raises 214.4 for Green Fund (IPE Real Estate)
JUNE 2009
Solera Soars to new Heights in Sustainability (Colorado Real Estate Journal)
MAY 2009
With Solera, Zocalo Development expands its green building empire. (Denver Westword Blogs)
APRIL 2009
Zocalo Community Development included for creation of Solar Mortgages at RiverClay:
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(Environmental Defense Fund’s 2009 Innovations Review)
JUNE 2008
Getting ‘Greenwashed’? (Denver Business Journal)
MAY 2008
Exceeding the Status Quo: A Developer Fights Green Washing One Building At a Time (Strategize Magazine)
MAY 2008
LoDo goes Eco (5280 Magazine)
MAY 2008
RiverClay “Denver’s Healthiest Residence” (Press release)
MARCH/APRIL 2008
Feature “Is LEED Certification Worth It?” (ULI March 2008 Multifamily Trends)
NOVEMBER 2007
Zocalo Development Wins MBD Business Citizen of the Year Award 2007 (Press release)
SUSTAINABLE SINCE DAY ONE
We were the first to develop a LEED®-certified project in Downtown Denver with RiverClay Condominiums in 2008. Today, we’re nationally recognized as a leader in sustainable development, known for creating spaces where people connect and flourish.