The Developer: Phase III (Avenue into the Abyss)

Steve Bye graduated with a BBA in Urban Land Economics and an MBA in Real Estate Investment Analysis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His career in real estate began in 1974 as an appraiser and in 1978, a mortgage loan officer for a major life insurance company. In 1980, Bye transitioned to an intermediary in the mortgage banking division of a large diversified real estate company and in 1983, established a Denver office for a national commercial mortgage banking company, from which he retired in 2017. Over his career, Bye arranged hundreds of mortgage loans and structured equity capital and hybrid debt transactions, aggregating $5 billion. As Managing Director for the Denver mortgage banking operation, he oversaw the placement of nearly 2,000 transactions, totaling approximately $15 billion. In 2018, he received The Legacy Broker Award from the Colorado Chapter NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association.