All eyes on Makovsky's downtown plans

Denver's real estate developer, Evan Makovsky, typically operates under the radar so it wasn't business as usual for him with the overwhelming positive reactions to his 2007 purchases of the downtown Denver's outdated Block 162 and blighted Fontius building.

"He's a real low-key guy," said Darrin Revious, managing director at the Denver-based Frederick Ross Co.  "He's not used to all the press about Block 162, but he's got [the Westword newspaper's] 'Evan Almighty' story hung on the lobby wall of his office."

Makovsky worked long and hard, along with his company Shames Makovsky Realty Co., to acquire both properties from multiple owners.  Shames Makovsky has plans to create mixed use redevelopments from both properteis.