Leadership
Steven Marshall
Chief Executive Officer - CEO
Steven is the Chief Executive Officer at TransPort Colorado. Steven’s experience includes 25 years in domestic and international exploration and production of natural resources. He is the founder of two privately held oil & gas exploration and production companies focused on development of high impact plays across both North American basins and Africa, internationally. Mr. Marshall’s career focus has been dedicated to the acquisition of land and mineral interests, with an intense commitment to maturing those assets for development read more and asset appreciation. In 2011, Mr. Marshall led a group to acquire the TransPort property and has spearheaded the project into becoming Metro Denver and the City of Aurora’s next great economic engine. Steven performed his undergraduate studies at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
smarshall@transportcolorado.com
Will Metcalf
Executive Vice President
Will is Executive Vice President at TransPort Colorado with a focus on Business Development and Project Management. Will’s background includes over 15 years in commercial real estate brokerage in the Denver Metro area across all product types including; industrial, office, retail and land. Prior to joining TransPort Colorado, Will spent 11 years as a Vice President of Business Development at OmniTRAX / Broe Group, where he led many of the company’s most notable new business initiatives. Will attended the University of Denver where read morehe graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate Finance and Construction Management.
wmetcalf@transportcolorado.com
Kelsey Hall
Land & Project Manager
Kelsey is the Land & Project Manager at TransPort Colorado. Kelsey has 8 years’ experience in strategy, development and contract negotiations primarily focused in oil & gas. Prior to TransPort Colorado, Kelsey was a Senior Landman at ConocoPhillips Company where she was responsible in leading development opportunities in numerous exploration plays, drove rig development within South Texas & North Dakota, and managed surface development operations in the Rockies. Kelsey received her bachelor’s degree in Business read more Administration with an emphasis in Energy Commerce from Texas Tech University.
khall@transportcolorado.com
Jim Brodie
Complex Partners, LLC
Construction and Development Manager
Jim has over 30 years of experience in complex transaction structuring and negotiations, entitlements, acquisitions, horizontal and vertical development, financing, construction, working with municipalities and Colorado special taxing districts. Jim has been involved in land development projects ranging from 10 acres to 2,400 acres and has been involved in everything from single family lot development to the vertical development of income producing assets in Colorado, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida. read more He has spent over 30 years in real estate development with a combined 20 years at Sizeler Property Investors, an NYSE listed REIT, and Lendlease, one of the largest construction and development companies in the world. Jim graduated from Tulane University with a degree in finance from the AB Freeman School of Business.
jim@complexpartners.comDevelopment Team
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CBRE
Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated is a leading professional services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management. JLL’s vision is to reimagine the world of real estate, creating rewarding opportunities and amazing spaces where people can achieve their ambitions. In doing so, JLL will build a better tomorrow for its clients, its people and its communities.
CVL Consultants
CVL Consultants of Colorado was founded in the year 2000 by multiple members of our current senior management team. CVL members have been working together for decades to lead a service oriented professional civil engineering consulting and professional surveying services firm dedicated to the success of its clients. Over the years, CVL has added high level entrepreneurial professionals from the survey, land development design and public works realms to bring immediate expanded positive impact to CVL.
CBRE
CBRE offers a broad range of integrated services, including facilities, transaction and project management; property management; investment management; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services. CBRE delivers fully converged real estate, facilities and technology solutions for data center owners, occupiers and investors across the globe. As a dedicated business line, CBRE is committed to solving complex challenges within every stage of the data center lifecycle.
LAI Design Group
Real estate development consultants with a multidisciplinary approach offering services in the disciplines of architecture, land planning & entitlements, landscape architecture, visual media, real estate advisory and development project management services. Its team has a proven track record that encompasses both large-scale and complex multi-phase development projects. LAI arrives at design solutions for its clients that are innovative, cost-effective, financeable, and practical to construct.
EPS
EPS’s practice emphasizes fiscal, economic and environmental “sustainability,” drawing on its primary practice areas as well as its integrated vision of places and collaborative approach to problem-solving. EPS builds off recent presentations and research that EPS has conducted on the evolving practice of sustainable development and green building standards, practices, and policies. EPS excels in collaborating with its clients to create and maintain places that are economically, socially, and ecologically sustainable.
FHU
Felsburg, Holt & Ullevig (FHU) is a multidisciplinary consulting firm specializing in transportation planning, multimodal planning, traffic engineering, transportation operations and safety, environmental services, water resource engineering, civil engineering design, structural design, construction management, and rail/transit services. The team consists of engineers, scientists, and planners committed to the betterment of its communities with the purpose of enhancing and connecting its communities through innovation and collaboration.
Wright Water Engineers
Wright Water Engineers, Inc. (WWE) is a water resources consulting engineering firm that was founded in 1961. WWE specializes in all types of water resources engineering including water rights, water supply, environmental permitting, stormwater planning and design, wetlands delineation and design, water and wastewater treatment, water quality, well design and groundwater assessment. WWE provides services in Colorado and throughout the U.S.
Wright Water Engineers
JDS-Hydro Consultants, Inc. is a multi-disciplined civil engineering firm with an established reputation throughout southern Colorado specializing in municipal water and wastewater engineering services. The founders of JDS-Hydro carry forward long-term relationships with numerous Colorado districts, cities, institutions, and other water and wastewater service providers. It is their profound belief that engineering support can be dramatically enhanced by utilizing a long-sighted, proven approach – one which can only be achieved through an advanced level of experience and knowledge of specific, individual client needs.
Wright Water Engineers
Ramey Environmental Compliance is a Colorado based company that offers award winning service in the maintenance and operation of water and wastewater treatment facilities serving clients throughout the Rocky Mountain and Eastern Plains Region. Ramey Environmental specializes in helping any and all municipalities/districts find the solutions needed to comply with Environmental regulations and fulfill the requirements necessary to properly operate and manage your water resources. Ramey Environmental has over 25 years’ experience in the water treatment industry, countless success stories, and numerous awards including national recognition for excellence from the EPA.
Alpenglow Rail
Alpenglow Rail is a Denver, CO based firm focused on investing in, developing and managing freight rail businesses and related transportation assets across North America. Alpenglow is building a portfolio of select rail, terminal and port businesses that together can create unique supply chain solutions to customers, leverage best practices and synergies across assets and people, and achieve transformational growth.
Wright Water Engineers
Hydro Resources has long been recognized as a leader in the groundwater development industry. Their services are utilized throughout many industries and markets, including: Municipalities, Agriculture, Commercial, Industrial, Energy, and more. Hydro Resources utilizes several advanced drilling methods depending on the location, geology and specifications of each particular project. Some of the more common drilling methods utilized by Hydro are reverse circulation method, dual wall reverse circulation, conventional mud rotary, conventional air rotary. Additionally, their extensive fleet of drilling equipment allows them to cover the full spectrum of drilling requirements to depths exceeding 4000’.
Wright Water Engineers
Via Rail Engineering’s staff makeup is unique in that they have a true passion for working in the rail industry. Via assists their clients in the transformation of ideas and rail shipping needs into safe and efficient railroad operating infrastructure. Via’s staff is dedicated to making our client’s project their priority and strive to provide premier client service through our continuous communication and project updates. Their staff is in constant interaction with Industrial Development, Engineering, and Operations managers throughout the Class One railroad companies and Short Line carriers. As a Team, they manage their client’s projects with personal responsibility and commitment to success.
Wright Water Engineers
White Bear Ankele Tanaka & Waldron was formed in 1997 and consists of a group of professionals with senior principals having decades of experience in real estate development and local government law, including special taxing districts, intergovernmental authorities, municipalities, and commercial and residential owner associations. As general counsel to hundreds of local government entities, WBA has encountered virtually every situation involving governmental financing, intergovernmental relations, TABOR compliance, and day-to-day operations and maintenance issues facing governments.
Otten Johnson
Otten Johnson, with over 30 years of experience, specializes in real estate and land use matters, while providing a variety of related legal expertise to its clients through each of its eight practice areas. Applying an unwavering dedication to the business needs of a diverse and sophisticated clientele, Otten Johnson understands that their firm’s value to its clients depends entirely on the collective commitment and accomplishments of its attorneys and staff.
Holland & Hart
Holland & Hart professionals have worked alongside energy and resources industry stakeholders as the industry has changed and has expanded to include oil and gas, mining, and alternative energy and renewable sources. Holland & Hart strive to lead their profession by giving the highest level of service and loyalty to our clients and by forging a team—lawyers, paralegals, staff, and other professionals—whose work is infused with its values.
Government Partnerships
City of Aurora
State of Colorado
Adams County
