Thursday, December 3, 2015 DENVER, CO – Scott Kirkwood CPM®, Regional Manager for Griffis/Blessing, Inc, recently won Most Outstanding Regional Manager with a portfolio of more than 1,600 units at this year’s Tributes Awards hosted by the Apartment Association of Metro Denver. Scott joined the Griffis/Blessing team in August 2014 and since he as started there has been 50% growth in the Denver portfolio. Starting with eight properties representing 1,373 units, the Denver group has grown to fifteen properties representing 2,723 units [...]

Tuesday, December 1, 2015 DENVER, CO – Kinnickinnic Realty has chosen Griffis/Blessing, Inc to manage its 105,566 square foot commercial portfolio. The portfolio consists of two Class B office buildings, Arapahoe Plaza II at 7700 East Arapahoe Rd in Centennial, and Deer Creek at 10822 West Toller Drive in Littleton. The anchor tenants for these buildings include Imagine That!, Learning RX, Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill, The Vanoy Group, Impact Confections, Inc, and Hallmark Home Mortgage, LLC. The Commercial Property Services Group team [...]

Tuesday, November 17, 2015 BOISE, ID – Sandra Cratty has worked at The Owyhee for seven years moving through the ranks from housekeeper, to part-time supervisor to houseman/day porter and finally to her new role of Operations Coordinator for Griffis/Blessing. Ms. Cratty will be responsible for the management of the 36 residential units, as well as assisting Thomas Felter, CSM with the day-to-day commercial operations and management of the 115,000 square foot, mixed-use building in downtown. She will also handle [...]

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Griffis/Blessing was selected by Southwestern Investments, LLC in September to manage the Sheridan Center on 95 South Sheridan Blvd in Lakewood. Rent-A-Center, Family Dollar and Santiago’s Mexican Restaurant anchor the 23,601 square foot shopping complex. Portfolio Manager, Dora Fessler will head the management team overseeing day-to-day operations of the building. Katie Kier, Management Assistant, Tiffany Koschwitz, Property Accountant, and Ari Skyton, Maintenance Technician round out the team for this assignment. “Griffis/Blessing earned this assignment because we [...]

Friday October 30, 2015 AURORA, CO – Griffis/Blessing, Inc., completed the purchase of Colonnade Apartments in Aurora, Colorado, and will take ownership on October 30, after managing the community for its previous owner since January. Built in 1984, the 138-unit garden-style community consists of one- and two-bedroom floor plans, averaging 840 square feet in size. Community amenities include indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a fitness center, a clubhouse, a sports court and a barbecue area. Griffis/Blessing will upgrade apartment interiors in [...]

Thursday October 29, 2015 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Griffis/Blessing, Inc., completed the acquisition of The Pines at Broadmoor Bluffs Apartments in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on October 29. The community, located in the esteemed Broadmoor neighborhood, was built in 1987 and is comprised of 108, two- and three-bedroom apartments, averaging 1,107 square feet. Shared amenities include a swimming pool and spa, a clubhouse with WiFi, a fitness center and private garages for each apartment home. The Pines at Broadmoor Bluffs is perfectly [...]

Wednesday September 9, 2015 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Griffis/Blessing was selected by 200 South Broadway Limited Partnership to manage Wells Fargo building which sits on 2.7 acres at 201 West 8th Street, Pueblo, Colorado. The eight-story, class B office tower is 109,238 square feet and is home to seventeen tenants, including Wells Fargo, the Department of Social Services, O’Meara, LLC, InterLinc Mortgage Services, KKTV, Colorado Springs Utilities, Kettlekamp, Young & Kettlekamp, Human Touch Home Care, Bethart Turner, PeopleCare Health Services, and [...]

Thursday July 30, 2015 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Griffis/Blessing, Inc. completed the purchase of Union Heights Apartments in Colorado Springs, Colorado on July 30th. The property was built in 1984 and is comprised of 220 one- and two-bedroom apartments, averaging 803 square feet. The community amenities include a swimming pool, barbeque grilling station, a clubhouse with a business center, theater room and fitness center, and views of Pike’s Peak and the Front Range. Griffis/Blessing will initiate capital and operational improvements [...]

Tuesday, July 28, 2015 DENVER, CO – Griffis/Blessing, Inc. is excited to announce the hiring of Erica Travelstead as Management Assistant to the Denver Multifamily Property Services group. Ms. Travelstead assists the Regional and District managers with a 15 community, 3,200-unit portfolio that reaches from Boulder to Lone Tree and throughout Metro Denver. “Ms. Travelstead came to us highly recommended by the Regional Manager and we couldn’t be more thrilled to have her supporting the Denver office,” says Pat Stanforth, CPM®, Senior [...]

Thursday, July 9, 2015 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Griffis/Blessing welcomes new management assistant, Cortney Brunner, to the Commercial Property Services group. Ms. Brunner will be working with Liz Seeger, RPA, LEED® AP, on the daily management of a 552,775 square foot portfolio. The portfolio features office, retail and medical buildings with 122 tenants.  “Ms. Brunner has been an excellent addition to the Commercial Services group,“ says Rick Davidson, CPM®, Senior Vice President, Commercial Property Services. “She has a thirst for knowledge and [...]