Real
Estate
Generation, LLC
About Us
Ferd Belz, Principal
Ferd has been involved in investing in,
managing, developing and selling real estate for over 30 years. Prior to co-founding REGen, LLC, Ferd was
the President of Cherokee Denver, LLC, an entity responsible for the redevelopment
of the former Gates Tire & Rubber Factory in Denver. Ferd is also a co-founder
of Dakota Ridge Development, LLC, a real estate services company that
specializes in hospitality and resort developments. At Dakota Ridge, Ferd
provided development services to, or was a principal investor in more than $1
billion worth of retail, office, hospitality and residential projects
throughout the country. including managing the Aspen Development Program (ADP)
in Aspen, CO. As a developer, Ferd’s projects have included virtually every
real estate product type and major mixed-use projects, including some of
Denver’s most iconic buildings such as the Tabor Center and the Pepsi Center.Ferd holds cum laude degrees in
both architecture and engineering from the University of Kansas and he began
his career as a licensed architect. He is on the Chair of Denver Civic Ventures,
Inc. (a subsidiary of the Downtown Denver Partnership) and on the Management
Committee for the Downtown Denver Partnership, and on the Auraria Foundation
Board and the Civic Center Conservancy Board.
Kenneth has spent more than a decade in various
aspects of the real estate industry. Prior to founding REGen, Kenneth was a Vice President
for Cherokee, a private equity fund with more than $2 billion under
management that invested primarily in brownfields throughout North America and Western Europe. At Cherokee, Mr. Ho was
responsible for deal origination, underwriting, deal structuring and
dispositions.
Kenneth has also provided advisory services to
several public agencies and private companies, developing revitalization plans and
helping them evaluate the feasibility of proposed development plans and
assessing the development potential for their real estate assets.
Kenneth received his BA from Stanford University, a Masters of Regional
Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was a
Weiss Urban Livability Fellow, and an MBA with a concentration in Real Estate
from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC where he was a Trammell Crow
Residential Fellow. Kenneth is active in a number of non-profits, is a
graduate of Leadership Denver, Class of 2006, is on the Executive Committee of
the Urban Land Institute-Colorado and is a member of the Denver Planning Board.
Rick Wells, Principal
Rick has been a principal investor and
developer of several major redevelopment projects over the past decade. Prior to co-founding REGen, Rick was
project manager for the redevelopment of the Gates Tire & Rubber
Factory. Rick was instrumental in
assembling the $126 million public financing package for the project and
managed the infrastructure development of the site including structure
demolition, infrastructure engineering and design, and site planning. Rick has been appointed a receiver by the Colorado Securities
and Exchange Commission Prior to his career in real estate, Rick
spent 20 years in the natural gas pipeline and distribution business,
eventually retiring as a senior executive officer of K N Energy, an $8 billion
publicly traded integrated energy company. At KN, his responsibilities included:
President and COO of major business units with annual revenue of $2.3 billion
per year; corporate mergers and acquisitions; and start-up of several new
business units.
Rick received his B.S. in Mechanical
Engineering and his Master of Business Administration with concentrations in
finance and marketing from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO.
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