Companies Relocate to Denver for Workforce

DENVER–Peter Schippits, senior managing director of CBRE, moderated a power panel discussion at RealShare Greater Denver this week at the Magnolia Hotel. The panel was comprised of Brian Bailey, senior financial policy analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; Karen Gerwitz, president of the World Trade Center, Denver; Clif Harald, executive director of the Boulder Economic Council; Jeff Romine, chief economist of the Denver office of Economic Development; and Al Wenstrand, chief business development officer of the Colorado Springs Regional Business Alliance.

The region boasts wide industry diversification with strengths in the financial services, healthcare, consulting, energy and technology. Denver experienced significant population growth last year with a record-breaking influx of millennials as well as baby boomers representing the largest group of renters. Combining that talent with the healthy job market spells CRE success.