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George Rupp Joins Denver Middle-Market CRE Investment Firm

Denver-based JCR Capital expanded its team with the addition of George Rupp as Managing Director of Capital Formation. The strategic addition and formation of an internal capital markets team will help JCR Capital build upon its rapid growth.

The firm increased its assets under management from $30 million to nearly $1 billion over the past eight years, including more than $300 million added in 2017 alone.

Rupp will oversee JCR Capital’s marketing and fundraising efforts, as it continues to attract investors for its diversified suite of private equity and debt strategies. Rupp brings more than 15 years of experience in the financial services and investment management industries, including stints at investment bank Merrill Lynch & Co., and advisory firm PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York.

Prior to joining JCR Capital, he served as a senior member of the institutional client relations and business development group at Los Angeles-based Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors.

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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