James Bolt
Vice Chairman

Professional Experience
Associated Office
Jim Bolt has participated in an industry-leading number of sale and lease transactions, including the largest single industrial sale transaction in Colorado, a 2.1M SF portfolio sale of Class A industrial. Jim is an 18-time winner of NAIOP’s prestigious Broker of the Year award and Denver Business Journal’s Heavy Hitter in 1994, 1996-2007, and 2009-2017. He has also been the top industrial producer within the Denver CBRE office 26 times and has been the top overall producer in Denver seven times, making him a clearly recognized industry expert. Jim has been in the “Colbert Coldwell Circle” six times, which is a group of the top producers within CBRE internationally. In 2010, Jim received the prestigious NAIOP Outstanding Broker Achievement Award for career achievement.
Education
- University of Colorado, Boulder, Bachelor of Science in Finance
Professional Affiliations / Accreditations
- National Association of Office and Industrial Properties (NAIOP)
- Colorado Association of Realtors (CAR)
- National Association of Realtors (NAR)
- University of Colorado Real Estate Council
- CBRE National Industrial Team & CBRE Global Logistics Group
- CBRE Industrial Advisory Council 2009, 2010, 2011
Achievements
- Colbert Coldwell Circle in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014 and 2018 (top 3% of CBRE producers internationally)
- CBRE Top Producer in 2005, 2010-2013 and 2015-2017
- Top Industrial Producer, CBRE, Denver Region (1988, 1991, 1994, 1996-2017)
- #1 Overall Producer, Denver (1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2007-2009)
- NAIOP Industrial Broker of the Year (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002-2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018)
- NAIOP Outstanding Broker Achievement Award for career achievement (2010)
- Denver Business Journal #1 Heavy Hitter (1994, 1996-2007, 2009-2014, 2017)
Community Involvement
- Food Bank of the Rockies, Past Board Chairman
- Adams County Food Bank, Board Member
- High Line Canal Conservancy, Board Member
Significant Assignments
- Crow Holdings National Portfolio Sale
2.2 Bil. SF - Prologis Prudential Joint Venture
2.5 Mil. SF - The Pauls Portfolio
2.1 Mil. SF - 6-Building Warehouse Portfolio
634,813 SF - Multi-Tenant Warehouse Facility
592,400 SF - Gateway UNFI
553,757 SF - 3-Building Portfolio Sale
500,000 SF - Building Materials Holding Corp.
435,600 SF - Centerpark Investment
431,600 SF - General Motors
404,000 SF - 4-Building Portfolio Sale
400,000 SF - Gerry Baby Products
380,000 SF - Ozark Automotive
360,106 - 3-Building Distribution Portfolio
358,000 SF - Warehouse Central
355,268 SF - Aspen Distribution
354,000 SF - Becknell/Haier Appliances
351,520 SF - Webvan
349,400 SF - AutoLiv Campus
342,715 SF - OEA
342,715 SF - Ultimate Electronics
338,651 SF - Denver Post
321,000 SF - Intrado
321,000 SF - Subaru
319,587 SF - 3-Building Warehouse Portfolio
310,000 SF - Prologis/Safilo
309,902 SF - Staples Investment
300,000 SF - May Department Stores
294,900 SF - Smith Road Commerce Center
290,147 SF - GE Solar
280,000 SF - Multi Tenant Flex Property
272,873 SF - Conn's Appliances
264,928 SF - Hydra Warehouse
264,000 SF - United Stationers
264,000 SF - Czarnowski
258,000 SF - Single Tenant Net Leased Property
254,000 SF - Industrial-Retail Development
249,669 SF - Single Tenant Net Leased Property
227,750 SF - Multi-Tenant Warehouse Facility
227,722 SF - Princeton Fund
218,970 SF - S.P. Richards
210,600 SF - Master Craft Cabinets
201,113 SF - Ford Motor Company
200,000 SF - Cereform
189,120 SF - Ford Motor Company
186,078 SF - Aspen Pet
175,000 SF - North American Van Line
175,000 SF - General Electric
172,400 SF - Whirlpool
171,300 SF
- Wholesale Specialties
167,180 SF - Fiberspar
166,000 SF - Hershey Food Corp.
165,970 SF - Echosphere
163,210 SF - Leggett & Platt
161,797 SF - Prologis/Dish
153,813 SF - General Electric
152,218 SF - TSA
150,000 SF - Stanley Door Works
150,000 SF - Colorado Distribution Group
148,200 SF - Acme Delivery Service
146,200 SF - ADIC
146,000 SF - First Industrial/Park Technology Center
145,700 SF - Tolmar, Inc.
145,000 SF - Packaging Corp. of America
145,000 SF - Medtronic
143,000 SF - AT&T
135,000 SF - Experimental Applied Science
135,000 SF - American Building Supply
133,721 SF - Atkins Nutritional
133,721 SF - Ediosphere
132,800 SF - Win Wholesale
129,609 SF - Simmons Mattress Company
129,000 SF - Cadogan Investment Company
126,900 SF - ConAgra Foods
126,153 SF - Bolder Technologies
126,000 SF - WP Carey
125,920 SF - Best Buy
123,300 SF - Office Max
122,248 SF - 224-226 Commerce
121,333 SF - Baileys Moving and Storage
118,000 SF - Ascent Solar Technologies
116,240 SF - Martz Supply
115,375 SF - Caretek
112,270 SF - Colony/Grand Worldwide
111,881 SF - Aspen Distributing
110,400 SF - McKesson Corporation
110,400 SF - Big O Development
109,931 SF - Baxa
106,250 SF - Littleton Capital Partners
104,600 SF - Graybar Electric
103,500 SF - Winding Boy Investments
103,300 SF - DCT Industrial/Stone Collection
102,035 SF - 180 W. Oxford
102,000 SF - Highfield Building 5
101,000 SF - Product Development Corp
101,000 SF - Imprints Wholesale
101,000 SF - Sport-Obermeyer
100,000 SF - US West
100,000 SF
Clients
- Alliance Commercial Partners
- Ascendant Development
- Becknell Industrial
- Bovamar
- Bradbury Companies
- Cadence Capital
- Clarion Partners
- Colony Industrial
- Conn's Appliances
- Czarnowski Display Services
- Fiberspar
- First Industrial
- Ford Motor Company
- General Electric
- General Electric Corporation
- GLP
- IBC Holdings
- Invesco Realty Advisors
- King Soopers/Kroger Stores
- LBA Realty
- Lowe Enterprises
- May Department Stores
- McWhinney
- Opus Northwest
- Panattoni
- Prologis
- Rocky Mountain News/Denver Post
- Room & Board
- Shamrock Foods
- Spears Manufacturing
- Southern Wine and Spirits
- Subaru
- The Pauls Corporation
- United Natural Foods (UNFI)
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Featured Clients
- BROE Real Estate Group
- DPC Development Company
- Hendricks Commercial Properties
- Matrix Group
- Thackeray Partners
- Central Development
- Etkin Johnson Group
- IBCHoldings
- Prologis
- The Pauls Corporation
- DCT Industrial
- Gladstone Commercial
- LBA Realty
- Shea Properties
- United Properties
Press Releases
- Denver, CO
CBRE Brokers Sale of Two-Building Industrial Portfolio near Denver International Airport on Behalf of J.P. Morgan
November 28, 2022
CBRE announced the sale of the Airport Central Portfolio, a two-building industrial portfolio totaling 340,960 sq. ft. near Denver International Airport in Denv...
- Denver, CO
CBRE Brokers $12.9 Million Sale of Four-Building Industrial Property in Fort Collins, Colorado
October 13, 2022
CBRE announced the sale of Plum Tree Plaza, a four-building industrial property totaling 73,170 sq. ft. in Fort Collins, Colorado, to Nectar Equities, LLC.
- Denver, CO
CBRE Brokers Sale of 1.3 Million-Sq.-Ft. Fully Leased Denver Industrial Portfolio
April 18, 2022
The sale is Colorado’s third-largest industrial disposition on record by sales price and fourth largest by total square feet.
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