Jon Buerge

バイオグラフィー：Jon Buerge is the President of Urban Villages, where he is responsible for all development activities, new company acquisitions, corporate growth, and strategic positioning of all real estate assets. A seasoned leader with two decades of real estate development experience – over 15 years of which have been spent at Urban Villages – Buerge’s expertise spans across real estate, investment management, land regulations, market analysis, construction law, due diligence, development, and property management, among many others. As President, Buerge’s focus is centered around creating exceptional, sustainable places. In that regard, he leads the team through all development aspects from site selection, project concepting, architecture and design, entitlements, community engagement, capitalization, construction, leasing, and stabilization. Buerge is also responsible for marketing and PR,investor relations, and guiding culture and talent development. Prior to his role at Urban Villages, Buerge oversaw real estate and expansion activities for several national restaurant chains as Director of Development and Real Estate for CraftWorks Restaurants & Breweries. At his core, Buerge is an environmentalist and is fiercely passionate about positively impacting our planet through his work. He serves as a board of director on the Downtown Denver Partnership and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). He has formally been a voting member of Denver’s Climate Action Task Force where he helped establish Denver’s newest agency, The Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency (CASR), he was also Past Chair of the ULI Building Healthy Places Committee, and board member of Denver Park Trust. Buerge earned a joint J.D. and M.B.A. from the University of Colorado (CU), where he served as both Student Body President and Chair of the CU Honor Council. He received his bachelor’s degree in economics and business finance from CU as well. A Colorado native, Buerge has a passion for the outdoors and extreme sports, including skiing, mountain biking, rock climbing, and hiking with his wife and three kids. In his free time, he also loves to travel and write and recently finished his first novel.