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CONTENTS february 2015 | Volume 28, Number 2 FROM THE PRESIDENT 6 10 PHOTO ALBUM 16 SEEKING BALANCE 20 VACANCY & RENT REPORT 22 DENVER RISING 8 31 ASK THE LAWYER 33 TECHNOLOGY CAPITOL RECAP 35 37 LEASING For Valentine’s Day, Show Your Maintenance Team Some Love 2014 Charity Auction Total Denver metro apartments break 300,000 barrier 4th Quarter 2014 Summary Denver Tech Center PUBLISHER Mark Williams mwilliams@aamdhq.org DESIGN, PRODUCTION & ADVERTISING Christopher Dean cdean@aamdhq.org CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Julie Evans-Schmitt julie@aamdhq.org COMMUNICATION CHAIRS Renae Jones, AMLI Residential Marci French, Bridge Property Management CONTRIBUTORS Cary Bruteig, Debi Bush, Lisa Godbehere, Carol Levey, Luke Miller, Ernest Oriente, Victor Sanchez, Ron Throupe, Kaleene Toback, Jennifer Von Stroh, Mary Wessler, Debbie Wilson ADVERTISING Please contact Christopher Dean or Julie EvansSchmitt at 303.329.3300 for more information about advertising in Trends. Deadline for contracts and artwork are the first Monday of the month prior to publication. ARTICLE SUBMISSION Trends will consider printing any article written by an AAMD member that applies to the Denver multifamily industry, is 300-500 words, does not promote any single company or product. AAMD reserves the right to edit any article without notification. Due to space, not all articles submitted will be printed. HUD’s Latest Take: Can You Just “Say No” to Marijuana? Ten Technology Trends for 2015 AAMD Hosts Wheat Ridge Mayor’s Roundtable Your Voice Carries the Words of 10,000 Leases 4 Career Center 4 Leadership 7 Maintenance Olympics 9 Association News 13 Miss Management 14 Education Focus 14 PowerLunch 29 35 36 38 40 40 2015 Education Conference & Trade Show AAMD Alliance Tributes 2015 Apartment Advocate New Members Advertising Directory CONTACT APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF METRO DENVER MEMBER WEBSITE www.aamdhq.org 83,910 Visitors FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/aamdhq 758 Likes TWITTER www.twitter.com/aamdhq 613 Followers Executive Vice President: Mark Williams | mwilliams@aamdhq.org Vice President of Government Affairs: Nancy Burke | nancy@aamdhq.org Apartment Trends (USPS 018-233) is published 11 times a year (monthly except for the combined November/December issue) by The Apartment Association of Metro Denver, 7100 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 305, Greenwood Village, CO 80111. Periodicals Postage Paid at Englewood, CO and additional offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Apartment Trends c/o The Apartment Association of Metro Denver, 7100 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 305, Greenwood Village, CO 80111. Subscription included in membership dues. Apartment Trends is published as a service to its members and all segments of the apartment industry by The Apartment Association of Metro Denver. Any reproduction or copying in whole or in part, without permission, is prohibited. Articles and events herein do not necessarily have the endorsement of AAMD but may be presented to give readers a diversity of views and activity updates. 7100 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 305, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, Phone (303) 329-3300, Fax (303) 329-0403, E-mail: info@aamdhq.org, Web: www.aamdhq.org. AAMD is a tax-exempt professional trade association representing the multifamily housing industry in the metropolitan Denver area. AAMD is affiliated with The Colorado Apartment Association (www.caahq.org) and The National Apartment Association (www.naahq.org). 2 | TRENDS • FEBRUARY 2015 Government Affairs Admin & Events Coordinator: Jess Eymann | jess@aamdhq.org Education Manager: Lisa Godbehere | lisa@aamdhq.org Vice President of Member Services: Julie Evans Schmitt | julie@aamdhq.org Receptionist / Admin. Assistant Kayla Hill | kayla@aamdhq.org Vice President of Events & Education: Betty Knecht | betty@aamdhq.org Office Manager & Member Services Coordinator: Lisa Leangen | lisaleangen@aamdhq.org Accounting Manager: Earlease Alexander | ealexander@aamdhq.org Manager of Government Affairs Luke Mi