Thomas M. Lee

Thomas Lee is as an Executive Managing Director with Newmark. An office specialist with a diverse, 38-year career in commercial real estate, Tom has significant expertise in all aspects of landlord and tenant representation, investment sales, build-to-suit and ground-up development and land sales. His understanding of complex real estate and development transactions, extensive market knowledge and insightful perception of economic indicators allows him to provide invaluable perspective to his clients. Throughout his career, Tom has completed lease transactions representing over 15.0 million square feet in the Denver region, including ground-up development project experience totaling 25 different buildings and over 6 million square feet.

Tom’s focus on headquarter relocations, ground-up development and build-to-suit projects continues to re-shape the Denver skyline. He has successfully concluded leasing and marketing campaigns for some of the most high-profile developments in the Denver metropolitan area, including Panorama Corporate Center, Westmoor Technology Park, MediaNews Group Corporate Headquarters and Gates Corporation World Headquarters. He played an integral role in prospecting tenants for 1800 Larimer Street that allowed it to be built, financed and leased. Dairy Block at 1800 Wazee, a 285,000 SF office project in LoDo, was 50% pre-leased prior to construction beginning. Recently, 255 Fillmore, a 101,00 SF office building in Cherry Creek, broke ground with 93% of the project pre-leased.

Focused on cost-effectiveness, timeliness and bottom-line results, Tom has earned a reputation for building strong networks and long-standing client relationships. These connections, together with his intimate market knowledge and understanding of complex financial conditions, enable him to construct result-driven client strategies for clients.

Ground-up Development Projects

• Pena Station: 3,000,000 SF
• Westmoor Technology Park: 10 buildings: 1,250,000 SF
• Broadway Park: 1,000,000+ SF
• Panorama Corporate Center: 7 buildings: 820,000 SF
• 1800 Larimer: 495,000 SF
• Charter Building: 325,000 SF
• World Trade Center: 320,000 SF
• Media New Headquarters: 320,000 SF
• Dairy Block Redevelopment: 285,000 SF
• Gates World Headquarters: 285,000 SF
• CoBank Headquarters: 276,000 SF
• The Point at Inverness: 187,000 SF
• IHS Building: 180,000 SF
• Vectra/Belleview Station: 130,000 SF
• 255 Fillmore: 101,000 SF

Partial List of Transactions and Clients

Landlord Representation

• Westfield Development/Westmoor: 1,250,000 SF
• Shea/Village Center Station: 850,000 SF
• CarrAmerica, Blackstone/Panorama Corporate Center: 820,000 SF
• Westfield Development, Invesco/1800 Larimer (Lease): 500,000 SF
• 3800 Blake: 320,000 SF
• Lionstone/900 & 990 South Broadway (Lease): 308,000 SF
• McWhinney/Grand American/Dairy Block: 285,000 SF
• Legacy, Kennedy/Gates Corp. World Headquarters (Now VF Corp Headquarters) (Build-to-Suit): 285,000 SF
• SKB/1660 Lincoln (Lease): 283,000 SF
• Legacy Partners/Alamo Plaza Redevelopment (Lease): 192,000 SF
• KBS/The Point at Inverness (Lease): 187,000 SF
• Legacy Partners/700 17th Street (Lease): 182,000 SFLos Angeles Daily News Publishing Company/Headquarters Building (Sale): 123,360 SF; $29,000,000
• ProLogis Regional Headquarters (Lease): 76,000 SF

Tenant Representation

• Broadnet
• Chicago Title
• Class VI Partners
• Dividend Capitol
• Essex Financial Group
• Fidelity Title
• Guild Education
• Hartford Insurance
• Hub International
• Kiewit Corporation
• Liberty Global
• MarkWest Energy
• MDC Holdings
• Morgan Stanley
• Opterra Energy
• Rivet Software
• Schwab
• Securet Sat
• SendGrid
• ShapeShift
• TicketMaster
• Transamerica Capital
• Verizon
• Yardi Systems

Professional Achievements

• Consistent Top 10 Producer, Newmark Denver
• Three-time Number One Producer, Newmark Denver
• Top Office Broker of the Year, NAIOP

Affiliations

• Board member, Great Outdoors Colorado District VI
• Board of governors, Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation, 2012-present
• DDI Board member, Downtown Denver Partnership, 2012-present
• President, Denver Board of REALTORS®, 1992 and 1993
• Director, University of Colorado Real Estate Council
• Member, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP)
• Member, Urban Land Institute (ULI)

Education

Tom is a graduate of the 50 for Colorado Leadership Program offered by University of Colorado at Boulder’s Leeds Business School. He also holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado in finance and real estate.