Since its 1991 inception, Mark L. Bethel has been President of Arcadia Properties, Inc. A 1982 Master's Degree graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Bethel worked during the first portions of his career as a landscape architect and urban planner. Upon completion of the Master's Degree program, with its emphasis on urban design and real estate economics, Mark worked as a project developer for a variety of commercial urban mixed-use projects at the firms of Daniel Crow Interests in Denver, Colorado and at Schnip Development Corporation in Norwich, Connecticut, prior to his formation of Arcadia Properties, Inc.
Had Beatty was a member of the Denver law firm of Holland & Hart for thirty years, except for a five-year period when he was the Executive Vice President of the real estate development firm, Daniel Crow Interests. His business law practice focused on mergers and acquisitions and private financing, including venture capital financing. In 1998, Had left the practice of law to assume full-time responsibility for the business and investment activities of the Butcher family. As Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Butcher Company, a Board on which he had served for seventeen years, he negotiated the sale of that 110-year-old, three state, 350 employee family-owned business to the S.C. Johnson Company. Currently, as Manager and CEO of Butcher Investment Company, LLC, he directs the investments of the Butcher family.
Charles Downing is a key factor of the success of Arcadia's past projects. Since its inception, Arcadia has relied on the creative skills of Downing, and he has designed 100% of Arcadia’s projects. A licensed architect in the State of Colorado, Charles Downing has directed architectural projects throughout the Western United States during his 20-year career, earning numerous design awards.
