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Christy Owen
Christy Owen, consistently one of the top real estate agents in the Denver area, has joined the Kentwood Co. in the Denver Tech Center as a broker associate. Owen has almost 30 years of experience in real estate, 19 of them spent at what is now Coldwell Banker Devonshire.
“We are pleased to welcome Christy to Kentwood Real Estate,” said Peter Niederman, Chief Executive Officer of Kentwood Real Estate. “Her remarkable achievements can be attributed to a sincere dedication to surpassing her clients’ expectations while providing customer service that far transcends the mainstream. Christy is among the top-producing Realtors in the country and we are proud to have her affiliated with Kentwood Real Estate.”
At Coldwell Banker Devonshire, Owen was a top three producer for five consecutive years among more than 1,000 broker associates, including No. 1 in total sales in 2007 and 2009. She has a background in architecture, design, home renovations and new construction .
Owen said she left Coldwell Banker Devonshire after almost two decades because she wanted less of a corporate environment. She said there are now only three people left at the original Devonshire since she began there 19 years ago.
It’s also somewhat of a homecoming for her. She said that she had an opportunity to be an owner at Kentwood a number of years ago, but the time wasn’t right for her, so she stayed at Devonshire.
Days after she had breakfast with long-time friend, Luisa Staerkel, managing broker at Kentwood DTC, she made the leap. “You know Luisa had been one of the owners of Devonshire and she left when Coldwell bought them,” Owen said. “It was a great 19 years there and I will miss my co-workers, but it was time to leave. For the last few years I had been working with blinders on and just focused on my own business. In the back of my mind I had this idea that I would be leaving at some point.”
Owen said that she did not speak to any other brokerage firm besides Kentwood, but she said that a number of brokers at Fuller Sotheby’s International Real Estate wanted her to join their organization. She said that Kentwood’s recent affiliation with Christie’s International Real Estate also was a selling point.
“Six days after I met with Luisa, I was here,” Owen said. “No only is Luisa great, but I can’t say enough about Peter Niederman. Peter has just done a great job with Kentwood. I love that it is locally owned.”
She said clients share her enthusiasm. “I practically told my clients about my move before I told my family. They have much just wonderful. One long-time client said, “Christy, I love you and I would follow you wherever you went. But that you went to Kentwood is just the bomb.”
Owen has marketed residential developments in Denver including One Polo Creek, the Ice House, No. 25 Downing Street, and the Stadium Lofts.
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