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Bruce A. Kolbezen

Bruce A. Kolbezen

90 South Cascade Avenue
Suite 1500
Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Phone: 719.448.4030
Fax: 719.635.4576
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Areas of Emphasis

Banking and Finance
Real Estate

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Representative Matters

  • $21 million land acquisition loan, with split funding provisions to allow assemblage of parcels from two sellers, and predevelopment loan.
  • $5 million borrowing base loan for development of residential lots.
  • $17 million permanent shopping center loan, providing for initial funding and holdback for two supplemental fundings upon completion and leasing of additional shop space and pad site improvements.
  • $12 million acquisition loan for distribution facility with release provisions to accommodate subsequent platting and sale of excess land.
  • Modification of shopping center loan, including deed in lieu of foreclosure upon a portion of the real estate collateral, to accommodate redevelopment of shopping center previously anchored by Wal-Mart.
  • $10 million mezzanine loan for remodeling and conversion of apartment complex to condominiums, including negotiation of intercreditor agreement.
  • $5.5 million permanent loan upon medical office building, including negotiation of tri-party agreement among lender, borrower and hospital, in respect to campus-wide declaration of covenants and restrictions.

Professional Activities

  • 1 of 6 Colorado attorneys identified for real estate acquisition and divestiture work in the inaugural 2007 Colorado Corporate Counsel Black Book, based upon a survey of 1,100 Colorado corporate counsel 
  • Member, American College of Mortgage Attorneys
  • Member, Real Estate Section Council of the Colorado Bar Association 1989-1992

Publications and Presentations

  • Co-Author, "The Colorado Credit Agreement Act and Its Impact on Lenders and Borrowers", The Colorado Lawyer, Vol. 36, No. 6 (2007); republished in Journals & Law Reviews database on WESTLAW; and republished in Fall 2007 Edition of The Abstract, American College of Mortgage Attorneys
  • Presenter, client and industry group seminars on survey, title, loan workout and Revised Article 9 matters

Education

  • Juris Doctor, University of Colorado School of Law, 1978
  • Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, Colorado College, 1975

Honors and Awards

  • Colorado Super Lawyers, 2011
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Colorado College Van Diest Award, Outstanding Scholar - Athlete
  • NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship (1 of 33 nationally)
  • Phi Gamma Delta Graduate Fellowship (1 of 3 nationally)