Arete Real Estate is focused on building profitable, equity-intensive projects across Colorado while preserving the unique character of its communities. The firm combines market insight with disciplined execution—identifying growth opportunities, anticipating demand, and turning them into targeted strategies that protect capital and maximize returns. For investors, Arete offers scalable, high-yield opportunities anchored in both financial performance and community value.
Josh Paterson
Managing Partner
Justin Caruso
Partner
Rex Brandt
Partner
Kate Robitello
VP of Marketing & Investor Relations
AEC TEAM
R&R Engineers-Surveyors is a Denver-based civil engineering and surveying firm established in 1988. They’ve delivered thousands of projects across Colorado, offering site design, entitlement support, and construction documentation with deep knowledge of local municipalities.
Manhard Consulting is a national civil engineering and surveying firm with offices across the U.S. and a portfolio of more than 8,000 completed projects. Their Colorado team provides engineering, land planning, and construction management services for residential and mixed-use developments.
Catamount Constructors is an employee-owned general contractor based in Colorado, founded in 1997. The firm builds multifamily, commercial, and industrial projects nationwide, with in-house teams overseeing preconstruction, estimating, scheduling, and field operations.
ADVISORY TEAM
Piper Sandler is a U.S.-based investment bank founded in 1895 with over 60 offices globally. They have advised on more than $40 billion in real-estate investment-banking transactions and $18 billion in housing financing alone. Their national platform supports development firms and private-capital sponsors with project capital, structured finance, and advisory solutions.
Lyons Gaddis, P.C. is a Colorado law firm founded in 1972, with offices in Longmont and Loveland. The firm represents clients in real estate, land use, water rights, and government law, providing legal counsel on entitlements, development agreements, and municipal coordination.
WBA PC is a Colorado-based law firm founded in 1997 with offices in Colorado and Utah. The firm represents developers, metropolitan districts, and local governments on matters involving public finance, land use, and special district formation. Their team’s work spans entitlement, infrastructure funding, and long-term governance for large-scale community developments.
MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Saddleback Golf Club is an 18-hole championship course in Firestone, Colorado, designed by Andy Johnson. The club is a key partner in The Vistas at Saddleback project, working with Arete Real Estate to integrate the community’s design with the existing course. Together, the development and the club create a connected environment that blends residential living with established recreational amenities.
Miller United Real Estate, LLC is a Colorado-based real estate firm with more than 45 years of experience in retail development and investment. The company’s portfolio includes over 3.5 million square feet of completed retail projects, along with ongoing work in land, office, retail, and mixed-use development across multiple U.S. markets.
Redland is a Colorado-based civil engineering and land-planning firm offering services in site design, entitlement processing, landscape architecture and construction management. The firm has delivered master-planned residential, mixed-use and infill developments across the state, including projects in Firestone and the Denver-Front Range corridor.”