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The Center has created a Real Estate Hall of Fame to honor alumni and members who have realized extraordinary achievements in the field of Real Estate. The award will be given annually and a plaque bearing the recipients name will be placed in the lobby of Rockwell Hall.

In 2007 the Center established a new award to recognize the up and coming leaders of Real Estate; the Real Estate Entrepreneur of the Year.  This annual award will recognize its recipients by a plaque  housed in the College of Business, Rockwell Hall.
 

2007 Hall of Fame Inductee
Bill Reynolds is the President and founder of the W.W. Reynolds Companies. 

The W.W. Reynolds Companies was founded in 1966 and is a real estate development and professional property management firm based in Boulder. 

During the last 40 years, Bill and his companies have developed more than two million square feet of office, commercial and residential buildings in Boulder and Fort Collins.  His most recent project is the 500,000 square foot mixed-use development, One Boulder Plaza in downtown Boulder. 

Bill Reynolds was born in Boulder and grew up in Boulder’s Mapleton Historic District.  With the exception of the two years he served in the U.S. Navy in San Diego, Bill has lived his whole life in Colorado.  Bill graduated from the University of Colorado in 1962 with a degree in business.
Bill enjoys skiing, fishing, photography, cycling, travel and his grandchildren.

Bill has served the community as a member of the Board of Directors for the Chamber and is currently on the Board of Trustees for the Boulder Community Hospital Foundation.

He was a founding member of the CU Real Estate Center and served as President of the center.  He was a founder and the first president of the University of Colorado Real Estate Foundation.

The W.W. Reynolds Companies has been honored twice as NAIOP’s Colorado Chapter Developer of the Year in 1991 and 2003.
 

2007 Real Estate Entrepreneur of the Year
Chad has been engaged in the real estate industry for over 15 years. As Co-Founder & CEO, he is responsible for establishing and implementing the company's mission, vision and core values and overseeing the company's business development strategies. Since 1991, McWhinney has created several master-planned communities consisting of over 5,000 acres of land and developed more than 3.3 million square feet of office, industrial, medical, retail and residential properties throughout the Rocky Mountain Region and West Coast. In 2003, McWhinney's signature community, Centerra, was named the National Association of Industrial & Office Properties (NAIOP) Colorado Chapter's Development of the Year. Chad’s community activities and recognitions include:

9News Leader of the Year by Colorado Channel 9 KUSA  
Bravo! Entrepreneur of the Year by the Northern Colorado Business Report  
Rising Business Star by the Fort Collins Coloradoan
Director of the Poudre Valley Health System Foundation  
Past Board Member of the Colorado State University System Board of Governors  
Past Director of the National Association of Industrial & Office Properties (NAIOP) Colorado Chapter
Past Director of Centennial Bank of the West and Guaranty Bank & Trust Company  
Past Director of the Northern Colorado Economic Development Corporation

Chad’s personal mission is "to create a better world."
 

2006 Inductee
Three generations of the Moore Family

2005 Inductee
Larry Kendall

2004 Inductee
William "Bill" Neal

2003 Inductee
Bob Everitt

 

 
     
 


2007 Inductee
Bill Reynolds

 
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2007 Real Estate Entrepreneur of the Year
Chad McWhinney

     

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