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Maritt Ellis on the MacKenzie House, its history, and its homes

BrokerIPTV: Today, we are talking with Maritt Ellis, Sales and Marketing Manager for MacKenzie House and thanks for being with us.

Maritt Ellis: Thank you Dan [phonetic].

BrokerIPTV: Well, tell me a little bit about MacKenzie House, your history, your homes.

Maritt Ellis: We were founded by Donald MacKenzie back in 1999 and we are a privately owned company with 60 employees. We currently build in Colorado and Missouri, and we have four diverse product types. We currently build student housing, we build multifamily communities, we build senior living campuses, as well as urban infill town home projects. MacKenzie House currently has one billion dollars with the projects either under construction, currently being developed or completed.

BrokerIPTV: All right. Where in Colorado can I find these homes from MacKenzie House or where a future [phonetic] is that I can look forward to?

Maritt Ellis: Sure. We currently build along the Front Range. We have senior living communities in Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, and our flagship community is going to be located in Lone Tree, Colorado. It is adjacent to Sky Ridge Medical Center in RidgeGate. It is going to be called RidgeGate, excuse me, and we are going to start pre-selling in September. We just finished up a project. I have one left at 24 Walnut, which is downtown. Those are town homes located two blocks north of Coors Field, specifically those are the projects we are having in Colorado.

BrokerIPTV: All right. With so many builders out there, how does Mackenzie House differentiate themselves from every body else?

Maritt Ellis: We differentiate ourselves because we really think we have done our home work as far as choosing the locations in which we build. We have put a lot of research, a lot of time and hours into performers and taking a look at what works where, and we selected urban infill areas that we think are highly successful and we have been successful in those areas. So, just doing research. We differentiate ourselves also with our employees that we hire. When you walk in to a MacKenzie House development, hopefully, you are greeted with a smile on the sales rep's faces. You are immediately welcomed and we feel that we do a great job in hiring our employees. So, it is just a great environment to be in.

BrokerIPTV: You mentioned downtown and some other urban areas. I was going to ask you what neighborhoods do you like. I mean are you guys focused in on those downtown areas and do you like them and why?

Maritt Ellis: We were one of the original town home developers downtown and we were really successful in that area. We do like high barrier entry areas. We are looking for areas that are close to restaurants, are close to walking trails, and urban infill areas. We like those neighborhoods because we feel like they attract people that are active and that is who we build for.

BrokerIPTV: Good information Maritt. Thanks for being with us, appreciate that.

Maritt Ellis: Thank you. Thanks so much Dan.