ABOUT

Columbia Group LLLP was formed in 1970 by Jerry Glick to develop properties in the urban core of Denver and surrounding neighborhoods, primarily undertaking adaptive re-use projects.

Jerry Glick

Fred Glick

Over the past fifty years, Jerry has built a successful real estate portfolio, frequently partnering with other developers and investors. Fred Glick, Jerry’s son, joined Columbia Group in 2012 to manage projects and to help secure new opportunities.

Most of the projects that Jerry and Fred have developed have been properties that have taken considerable time to mature and have entailed significant entitlement challenges, including rezoning and historic preservation processes. Extensive, in-depth neighborhood and public engagement have been a hallmark of Jerry and Fred’s work.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Jerry is and has been active on a number of community boards and commissions including:

  • Chairman of The Downtown Denver Partnership
  • Vice-Chairman of the Denver Union Station Project Authority
  • Ten years, five as Chairman, The Denver Urban Renewal Authority
  • Chairman, Denver Civic Ventures, Inc., The Denver Partnership
  • Co-Chairman of the Affordable Housing Task Force for the City of Denver
  • Founder and Co-Chairman of Workforce Housing Initiatives
  • Chairman and Trustee, The Rose Community Foundation
  • Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Fred is the vice-chair of the Denver Planning Board and a member of the Lower Downtown Design Review Commission.  Fred serves on the boards of the Denver Health Foundation and the Downtown Denver Partnership’s Denver Civic Ventures board, Planning and Urban Impact Committee and Urban Exploration Steering Committee. Fred has extensive non-profit board experience, having held leadership positions on the boards of RedLine Contemporary Art Center; the Academy of Urban Learning, a Denver charter school serving unhoused and at-risk students; his neighborhood organization, Clayton United; and the American International School of Johannesburg.

URBAN VENTURES LLC

In 2000 Jerry Glick partnered with Susan Powers, the former Executive Director of the Denver Urban Renewal Authority, to form Urban Ventures LLC. Urban Ventures has developed a number of residential and commercial projects, including Highlands Terrace, Aria Denver, Monarch Mills, and most recently Steam on the Platte, and award winning 65,000 sq. ft. adaptive reuse offices for primarily technology-based companies.