IMPAX REAL ESTATE GROUP

iMPAX Real Estate Group, established by John Lucero in 2018 as the transactional team for Lucero Development Services, which he founded in 2009, is committed to providing comprehensive real estate solutions. These solutions include real estate brokerage, development, project management, entitlements, finance, and public affairs, which are designed to meet the diverse needs of our clients and community. Our companies offer our clients and community unmatched service with excellence.

John Lucero’s profound understanding and respect for diverse cultures, languages, and customs, instilled in him through his deep roots in Denver’s Northside, a vibrant melting pot, is not just a professional attribute. It’s a personal connection that has fostered his love for community, history, placemaking, culinary arts and travel. His real estate journey, spanning over three decades, has been marked by a genuine commitment to homeownership, property rights, fair housing, entrepreneurs, equal opportunity, and community development projects for all income levels.

John Lucero’s work has been about more than transactions since the beginning of his career. His inaugural deal, which facilitated a family’s transition from public housing to homeownership, is a powerful testament to his unwavering commitment to making a difference. This family’s generational homeownership, wealth-building, and educational achievements are proof of the transformative power of Lucero’s work in real estate. He was instrumental in community development projects, such as The Quayle, Edit, Del Corazon, and Notable, which created new housing and retail options for their communities.

John has personally brokered and managed commercial transactions for over thirty years. Early in his career, Lucero assisted entrepreneurs in finding their first locations and the funding needed to succeed. Those businesses outgrew their locations over the years, and Lucero helped them sell and buy and continue to prosper.

With those initial closings, he discovered the positive power that real estate embodies in driving attainable and sustainable housing, economic opportunity, and improving neighborhoods, schools, neighborhood businesses, and lives. He has maintained that set of beliefs throughout his career.

Under John’s visionary leadership, iMPAX Real Estate Group and Lucero Development Services have left an indelible mark on the real estate industry. The company’s collaborations with developers and government agencies deliver impactful projects with tangible results. They have created and preserved over 4,000 housing units, fostering economic growth, workforce development, and education projects. This is a testament to John’s ability to turn vision into reality, instilling confidence in his partners and stakeholders.

John has demonstrated his commitment to the community and his profession through his instrumental role in formalizing the work of numerous local and national industry associations and boards. His co-founding of the Colorado Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (CAHREP) and its integration into the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) is a significant milestone that underscores his influence and expertise in the field. His contributions to these associations and boards have advanced the real estate industry and promoted diversity and inclusion.

He served on the Denver Water Board of Commissioners for fourteen years, contributing to policies such as the Colorado River Cooperative Agreement and significant infrastructure projects such as the North Water Treatment Plant. His six-year tenure on Denver’s Zoning Code Task Force resulted in a complete rewrite of the 55-year-old zoning code, influencing the City’s land use policies. He also served two terms as Chair of Historic Denver, Inc., a testament to his passion for Denver, historic preservation, and adaptive reuse of historic and landmarked properties. His community involvement extends to his fundraising and personal contributions to his favorite charities.

Initially appointed by then-Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, Lucero served as the Deputy Director of Denver’s Office of Economic Development across three administrations. In this role, he commissioned the City’s gentrification and displacement study and corrective strategies and formed long-term partnerships with local Realtor associations that remain in place today. He led Denver’s first strategic Housing Plan in over twenty-five years, setting the annual strategic housing plans and outcomes reporting in motion. His strategic planning and leadership skills were instrumental in shaping Denver’s economic development landscape. For instance, he coauthored the Economic Development Strategic Plan, where Mayor Hancock, in a speech, introduced Lucero as “one of the architects of Denver’s economic recovery.”

Lucero remains an active Realtor® volunteer and has served in countless leadership roles on boards, task forces, and local, state, and national committees. He enjoys the political arena of public policy and the legislative process due to the personal experiences of his family, friends, and clients. His active involvement in the industry is demonstrated by his leadership in the Colorado Association of Realtors® (CAR) Legislative Policy Committee, where he chaired the housing subcommittee.

His peers have recognized John Lucero’s extraordinary achievement in the listing, selling, and referring real property by the Denver Board of Realtors® (DBR) Excellence Roundtable in his first and subsequent years in practice, a remarkable feat. His contributions to the industry were acknowledged, and he was selected as the DBR’s REALTOR® of the Year, a prestigious recognition. His service was also honored with several DBR and Denver Metro Association of Realtors® (DMAR) Distinguished Service Awards, the Colorado Association of Realtors® (CAR) Political Service Award, and induction into the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) Hall of Fame. He received the DMAR Oliver Frascona Lifetime Achievement Award and is a NAR Golden R® Presidents Circle member, further solidifying his status as a respected figure in the industry. These achievements testify to John’s commitments to the real estate industry, clients, and community.

John attended Colorado State University, where he studied civil engineering, which is the foundation of his passion and successes in real estate development. His educational background in civil engineering has equipped him with the technical knowledge and skills necessary for property development and project management. John enjoys spending time with his family, having fun on the golf course, hosting multi-course dinners with long-time friends, gardening, and traveling internationally. You can also find him at nearly every home game of the Colorado Avalanche and the Denver Broncos, where he is a long-time season ticket holder for both franchises.

Drew has been in the commercial real estate industry for 29 years, mainly as a Commercial Real Estate Broker with a corporate real estate background. Drew is a REALTOR® member in good standing.

Drew started his career at Sevo-Miller Corporation and, after two years, left to work alongside his father at Oxford Associates, who represented Pizza Hut and IHOP throughout Colorado. Coincidently, Oxford Associates sold the Oxford Hotel and Oxford Annex to famed developer Dana Crawford, who renovated and landmarked the property. iMPAX Real Estate Group is now located within the Oxford Annex, bringing Drew’s real estate career full circle.

He then left Oxford Associates to work at Sitelink International, decommissioning popup sites, followed by eight years in the corporate real estate arena with Level 3 Communications and MCI Metro.

As one of the early adopters of Tenant/Buyer representation, Drew was instrumental in bringing Outback Steakhouse to Colorado. He represented their first franchise group in Colorado and secured their first three stores. He then represented Taco Cabana in securing seven stores in the Denver Metro area.

Drew has vast experience in corporate facilities, urban Infill assemblage for redevelopment, tenant and landlord advocacy, data center site acquisitions, and telecom network real estate.

He joined iMPAX Real Estate Group in 2018, where he and the iMPAX team quietly assembled several prominent Transit-Oriented Developments in Denver. He continues seeking off-market properties for several developers through exacting search criteria and cold calling. He specializes in sales and leasing assignments in the industrial, land, office, and retail sectors.

His broad experience in sourcing properties and negotiating contracts has led to his success as a generalist, which has paid off with many client victories. His commitment to exceeding his client’s expectations is the beacon that has nurtured long-lasting personal and business relationships.

After a brief two-year college baseball stint at the University of Wyoming, Drew completed his studies, earning a BA in Geology at the University of Colorado in 1988. Drew enjoys spending time on the golf course, skiing, fly fishing, and hiking.

Neil Shea has an extensive background in real estate sales, underwriting and deal analysis, capital raising, development, asset management, and lending. He began his real estate career in 2007, just in time for the 2008 real estate crash and the Great Recession, which prompted Neil to focus primarily on foreclosure and short sale opportunities with investors. Neil is a REALTOR® member in good standing.

As an active real estate developer, Mr. Shea focuses primarily on constructing and selling single-family and multi-unit residential homes and acquiring rental properties with the potential for future development. Neil’s clients are small infill developers throughout Metro Denver, where he can assist in underwriting and securing construction debt and repositioning asset portfolios.

Over the past several years, Neil has teamed up with local builders and equity partners to identify unique development opportunities in neighborhoods near hospitality-related businesses, public transit, and recreational space.

Neil is also a director for a national private lender specializing in financing institutional investors, family offices, and high-net-worth clients. His clients pursue and refinance single-family rental (SFR) portfolios and invest in Build to Rent (BTR) communities.

Neil graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Denver, in 2000, with a Bachelor of Science & Business Administration in Marketing & Finance. Neil enjoys spending quality time with his wife and son in his spare time and is an avid snowboarder and mountain biker.

Taylor is the person to talk with if you want to fix and flip a property or build a single-family home, duplex, or small multifamily project. Taylor has been in the real estate construction and property acquisition business for over eight years and is a REALTOR® member in good standing. His repeat clients include fix-and-flip investors and developers building ten or fewer units. In addition to being a broker at iMPAX Real Estate Group, Taylor was the Acquisitions Manager for a local real estate investment company.

Taylor’s education in city planning gives him the acumen to understand community planning policy, planning documents, and county zoning codes, giving him the edge in sourcing the perfect use-by-right property for your project. Taylor doesn’t depend solely on traditional broker listings databases; he has honed his GIS skills to capture listed and off-market properties to satisfy clients’ needs. If a property is not actively listed, he has found great success in the off-market arena when calling on owners not currently represented by a licensed broker. He also assists broker-owner John Lucero with quietly assembling properties for mid-rise to high-rise and single-family community developments.

Taylor earned his Bachelor’s in Environmental Design from the University of Colorado-Boulder (BEnvD), focusing on city planning at the University of Colorado in Boulder in 2014. When Taylor isn’t talking real estate, you can find him playing softball on his team ‘Ambush,’ listening to a new audiobook, or watching a basketball or football game.