Principals
David C. Puchi
Managing Partner, Capital Development & Leasing
Mr. Puchi created Highline Group LLC, a property management entity previously affiliated with the Baceline, in 1994, after serving as a real estate asset manager for a privately held real estate investment firm. Baceline and its predecessor entities have developed an impressive track record of owning and managing a wide array of commercial properties. Mr. Puchi is currently the managing partner overseeing capital development and leasing strategy.
Mr. Puchi graduated with honors from the University of Denver, with both Bachelor of Arts and Law degrees. He practiced law for five years in Denver, Colorado and specialized in corporate mergers and acquisitions and real estate law. This experience included representing local, as well as national real estate companies and lenders. His background as a transactional real estate attorney was well suited for entering the real estate industry as a principal. He has held positions at Holme Roberts & Owen, a Denver-based law firm; Colorado National Bankshares, Inc., one of Colorado's bank holding companies; and Blackfox Real Estate Group LLC, an entrepreneurial real estate firm. He has been involved in closing over $700 million in real estate transactions. This experience spans every facet of the real estate industry, including the creation of investment entities, leading purchase and sale transactions, negotiating various forms of documentation related to real estate ownership, negotiating loan documents, managing the day-to-day operations of commercial properties, raising capital for real estate ownership entities and developing leasing plans for the revitalization of the firm's properties.
In his role as a managing partner of the firm, Mr. Puchi has been instrumental in raising approximately $75 million for its No Debt Real Estate Investment Funds. He has also raised over $50 million for Baceline's Distressed Real Estate and Debt Opportunities Fund, Value Fund and various single asset acquisitions that the firm or its affiliates have originated. Mr. Puchi has developed a national network of capital sources and continues to cultivate these sources for new projects that Baceline undertakes. He is also involved with Baceline's leasing strategy development as Mr. Puchi has been in the forefront of creating leasing plans that have led to the success of the firm in revitalizing its properties since 1998.