A memorial service was recently held for him in Denver. "When I first came to town, he was one of the people I was told I had to meet," even though he had already retired, Byron Koste, director of the real estate center at the University of Colorado's Leeds School of Business tells GlobeSt.com. "I know some of the stories about him. He really left a wonderful legacy. And I'm glad to see his son carrying on the tradition. He was a real pioneer in his era."
Along with another old-line Denver family, the Van Schaacks, Mr. Fulenwider sold 30,000 acres of land for what is now the Denver International Airport. He also built the first condominiums in the Denver area and ski resorts of Aspen, Vail and Breckenridge. His company built the first high-rise condominium in Downtown Denver, Larimer Place.
"The careers of my father and my grandfather, (L.C. Fulenwider Sr.) were remarkably similar," L.C. Fulenwider III, tells GlobeSt.com. L.C. Fulenwider Sr. was named the president of the Denver Real Estate Exchange, the Denver Board of Realtors, in 1924 and a year later paved the way for the enactment of Colorado's first real estate license law. L.C. Fulenwider Sr. held the first real estate license in the state, which the board allowed him to pass on to his son.
L.C. Fulenwider Jr. served as a commissioner for the Colorado Real Estate Commission for eight year and was chairman for nine years. He also served as the president of the Colorado Association of Real Estate Board and the National Association of Realtors and was an active member of the Society of Industrial Realtors and the International Real Estate Federation. In 1963, he helped revise the Colorado Real Estate license law, an effort started by his father.
L.C. Fulenwider Jr. was born in Denver in 1911. In 1957, he started Greenwood Acres, which evolved into Greenwood Village, a city with some of the most expensive homes in the metro area. In 1959, he built the first residential condominium development in the state, Park Villa Homes, which was followed by La Fontana Apartment Homes, the first high-rise condos in the state. In 1963, he built the first condominiums in Aspen, Vail and Breckenridge. In 1980, he built Larimer Place, the first high-rise condo project in Downtown Denver. On the commercial side, he and his son developed what is now the Bank One Building at 17th and Lawrence streets in Downtown Denver.
In addition to Cal, he is survived by his wife of 63 years, Elizabeth, daughter Katharine F. Strickland of Greenwich, CT, and five grandchildren.
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