Amy K. Hansen

Amy Hansen assists real estate owners and developers in connection with their acquisition, development, leasing and sale activities in the Rocky Mountain region. Amy routinely represents clients in purchase and sale transactions, including representation of both buyers and sellers of real estate portfolios involving multifamily properties and medical office buildings in multiple states.

Amy is particularly well-known for her work with developers on the creation of governance structures for resort, transit-oriented and other mixed-use projects, as well as master planned communities. She has developed particular expertise in the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act (CCIOA). Amy often develops form documents for use by developers in the sale of individual residential condominium units and homes to consumers, and represents land developers in their sales of finished lots to homebuilders. 

In the resort context, in addition to her CCIOA work, Amy has assisted clients with respect to the formation and operation of private recreation and golf clubs. She has also developed form rental management agreements. Amy has represented clients with respect to license agreements for branded residences projects.

In both urban and suburban markets, Amy has helped real estate owners convert office and industrial properties into commercial condominiums, not only preparing governance documents but also addressing issues that arise with existing tenants in connection with the conversion.

Recently, Amy’s real estate development expertise has been put to use by the firm’s lending clients with respect to their REO properties. In this context, she advises banks with respect to CCIOA compliance issues, retention of development rights for subsequent transfer to the purchaser of the REO assets, and other development-related issues.

Amy serves on the firm’s Executive Committee and is the chair of the firm’s PR & Marketing Committee. Amy is also a frequent contributor to the firm’s real estate blog, www.rockymountainrealestatelaw.com, where her posts cover CCIOA and other real estate related topics.

Representative experience includes:

• Advised the master developer of a 40-acre mixed-use transit oriented development in Denver, Colorado
• Represented a resort owner with respect to its real estate development projects in Eagle and Summit Counties, Colorado, which have included a golf course community, two hotel/condominium projects, a luxury branded residence project, a condominiumized parking structure, and six residential condominium projects
• Represented owners of office and industrial buildings in connection with condominium conversions
• Represented the master developer of a 5,000 acre Douglas County, Colorado master planned community, including work related to homeowners association documents, sales of finished lots to homebuilders and sales of larger development parcels for commercial and health care developments
• Represented purchaser of multiple ground-leased pad sites in multiple states, which were part of 1031 exchange
• Represented purchaser of portfolio of 21 medical office buildings in nine states
• Advised national owner of medical office building portfolio with regard to leasing activities
• Represented purchaser of an 11 multifamily property portfolio
• Represented developer of private non-equity recreation club, including preparation of club bylaws, rules and regulations and amenities lease
• Represented multiple banks with respect to ongoing CCIOA and development related issues for REO portfolios
• Advised a client in connection with the development of a downtown Denver city block with two office towers with penthouse condominiums

CCIOA
Amy Hansen is well known in Colorado for her work with respect to the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act (CCIOA). She is a frequent blogger and lecturer on the topic, and has served as an expert witness on CCIOA-related issues. Amy often serves as co-counsel on CCIOA-related litigation matters, with Otten Johnson lawyers as well as other lawyers throughout Colorado.

• Co-author: Commercial Condominium Conversions, Vol. 24, No. 5, ALI-ABA The Practical Real Estate Lawyer (2008)
• Co-chair and Presenter: CCIOA-From the Basics to Special Considerations CLE 2008, Colorado Bar Association CLE
• Moderator: Ski Companies and Resort Development, 2008 Resort Development, CLE International
• Presenter: Alternative Structures for Mixed Hotel Condominiums, ABA Real Estate, Tax and Estate Planning Joint Meeting, 2007
• Presenter: Community Change-Overhauling Governing Documents, Community Association Law CLE 2007, CLE International

• 50 for Colorado, 2009 Class
• Colorado Super Lawyers List-Rising Star (2009-2012)
• 40 Under 40, Denver Business Journal (2007)
• Urban Peak: Board of Directors (2011, 2012)
• Community Alternatives, Inc.: Board of Directors (2006-2009); President (2007-2009)
• Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Denver: Member (2007-present); Women of Influence Committee (2009); Co-Chair, Women of Influence Committee (2010, 2011); Director of Programs (2012)
• Legacy Denver: Participant (2010, 2011, 2012)