Best of Colorado: REAL ESTATE.

BEST ARCHITECTURE FIRM

OZ Architecture

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Founded in 1964, OZ is now one of the last locally owned architecture firms around. "We focus on how we can really shape what's happening in our own state," says Tracy Tafoya, OZ principal. "We have a big impact on the character of the buildings and how they are changing the communities." OZ has worked on everything from college campuses to health and human service buildings to corporate headquarters Also, through its OZ Gives community stewardship program, the firm's 170 employees contributed 500 hours of work for service projects for 12 nonprofits last year.

Runners-up

Dalkita Construction

Vertical Arts

Davis Partnership Architects

BEST PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

Atlas Real Estate Group

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Atlas Real Estate Group's property management services are driven by the company's experience as owners. The team has earned its market authority through years of testing its strategy on its own properties. Property management services include advertising its clients' rentals; handling tenant inquiries; application processing and lease signing; conducting criminal and civil background checks and credit investigations; rent collection; accounting and coordination of evictions; and full-service repairs. The company's track record speaks for itself. A tenant in a single-family home managed by Atlas stays an average of five years; the average lease renewal rate is 82 percent; and there is an average of 10 days between the time one resident moves out and another moves in.

Runners-up

8z Rentals

Waypoint Real Estate Solutions

SummitCove.com

BEST REAL ESTATE AGENCY--COMMERCIAL

Your Castle Commercial

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Your Castle Real Estate's commercial team helps investors build wealth by buying Denver rental properties. The organization takes a consultative approach to buying investment properties. Clients start on the company's DenverlnvestmentRealEstate.com website to educate themselves on trends and then meet with Charles Roberts and Chris Lopez, who will help them put together an investing strategy. Roberts has helped clients close on more than 400 investment properties in metro Denver and owns 15 properties himself.

Runners-up

Atlas Real Estate Group

Column Commercial Partners

CBRE

Keller Williams Realty

RE/MAX

BEST REAL ESTATE AGENCY--RESIDENTIAL

Your Castle Real Estate

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With a network of more than 750 agents in nine offices, Your Castle Real Estate is the largest independent and sixth...