In this episode of Icon Insights, ’20 Leeds School of Business graduate Brandon Strickland speaks with Danny Prosky, the president and chief executive officer of American Healthcare REIT, Inc. American Healthcare REIT is one of the largest healthcare-focused real estate investment trusts in the word, and Prosky has spent more than 25 years of his professional career in the specialized field of healthcare real estate investment, where he has been responsible for more than $10 billion in transactions.

Prosky discusses how he first became involved in healthcare real estate, the challenges of navigating a changing healthcare industry, what’s next for the industry as it accommodates the aging baby boomer population, and why it’s so important to ask questions and continue to learn as your real estate career evolves. Prosky graduated from the University of Colorado in 1987 and is currently a member of the CU Real Estate Center National Advisory Board.

In this episode of Icon Insights, ’23 Leeds School of Business graduate Luke Burns speaks with longtime Colorado developer Craig Ferraro about how he carved out a career working in ski resort communities, the philanthropic work that has kept him connected to those mountain resort communities, and the risks and rewards of working on projects high in the Rocky Mountains.

Ferraro is the former Managing Partner and Chief Financial Officer at East/West Partners, a Denver-based real estate development company. He's also an Adjunct Professor in Real Estate at CU-Boulder.

In this episode of Icon Insights, ‘22 Leeds School of Business graduate Cliff Dinwiddie IV goes in-depth on the past, present and future of affordable housing with Denver-based developer Kevin Knapp, who boasts more than 15 years of working in the industry. Knapp discusses how he became involved in affordable housing, the differences between affordable and market-rate housing, his thoughts on rent control, his advice for students looking to start a career in affordable housing, and much more.

Knapp is currently the Vice President of Development at Ulysses Development Group, which develops best-in-class affordable communities nationwide. Knapp obtained an MBA from the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he’s also an adjunct instructor and frequent guest lecturer in the real estate program. He also volunteers as a Commissioner on two City of Boulder advisory boards and is on the Board of Directors of Flatirons Habitat for Humanity.

In this episode of Icon Insights, ‘23 Leeds School of Business graduate Brendan Mulcahy dives deep into the career highlights of Boulder-based developer Bill Reynolds, the founder of  W.W. Reynolds Companies. Reynolds reflects on how he got his start in the real estate industry, his role in founding the CU Real Estate Center (CUREC), the work of the W.W. Reynolds Foundation, and how he thinks about his legacy in real estate in Colorado.

A Boulder native who graduated from the University of Colorado in 1960, Reynolds founded Reynolds and Company in 1966. Currently the Reynolds properties in Downtown Boulder total 600,000 square feet, and their management portfolio contains 3 million square feet and 440 tenants. He has served as the President of the CU Real Estate Center as well as the first president of the University of Colorado Real Estate Foundation, and he was recently honored with NAIOP’s Lifetime Achievement President’s Award.

In this episode of Icon Insights, ‘12 Leeds School of Business graduate Jordan Swisher interviews longtime commercial real estate consultant Rick Woodruff about the the do’s and don’ts of mentorship. Woodruff discusses why he first began mentoring aspiring real estate professionals, how a mentor should approach the relationship and what skills make for a good mentor, and why mentees should never buy the beer during a conversation about careers.

Woodruff has a long history in real estate along Colorado’s front range, including a stint as the Director of Real Estate for grocery chain King Soopers and 26 years serving as the CFO at Boulder-based commercial real estate developer W.W. Reynolds Companies. He has also served as the CFO at both the Urban Land Conservancy and Boulder Creek Builders, and he graduated from the University of Colorado in 1986.

In this episode of Icon Insights, 18’ Leeds School of Business graduate Jack Korosec interviews Dan Ivanoff, a Denver and Seattle-based office and apartment developer.  During the podcast Ivanoff shares stories of forging his own path, being his own boss, a discussion about the office market during various economic cycles, and his opinion of whether an MBA is needed for a career in commercial real estate. 

Ivanoff the Founding Owner and Managing Member of Schnitzer West, a real estate investment and development firm that has developed more than 12.5 million square feet of property in Colorado and Washington. He earned his MBA in Finance, Marketing and Real Estate and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder with an emphasis in construction management. 

In this episode of Icon Insights, ’19 Leeds School of Business graduate Brinete Chavez examines some standout projects from the career of Randy Nichols, an acclaimed Denver-area commercial and multi-family real estate developer and the President and Founder of The Nichols Partnership, Inc.

Nichols has been a mainstay on the Colorado real estate scene for more than three decades, and The Nichols Partnership has developed over three million square feet of office, multi-family, hotel, and retail, including such prominent urban Denver/Boulder projects as One Platte, Clayton Lane, SPIRE, 1899 Wynkoop, Galvanize, Turntable, and PearlWest. The company also owns Stanly Ranch Resort Napa and Immortal Estate Vineyard in California.

In this episode of Icon Insights, ‘21 Leeds School of Business graduate Lily Colley Ferguson speaks with California-based real estate veteran Christina Hill about the connection between asset management and sustainability, the challenges facing downtowns and certain sectors in a post-COVID world, and the lessons she’s learned after more than two decades as an innovative leader and respected mentor in real estate.

Hill is the Head of Americas Asset Management & Global Head of ESG at PGIM Real Estate in Hermosa Beach, Calif. She is responsible for representing the Asset Management function as part of the Americas leadership team and partners with the U.S. and Latin America portfolio teams to lead and implement PGIM Real Estate’s asset management strategy for all our investments in the region. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado.