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A clear vision of excellence.

McWhinney is a real estate investment company that delivers unprecedented value and opportunity. At our core, we’re an innovative and comprehensive real estate development, investment and management firm. We hire great people who have a sense of pride in creating great places. Places with meaning. Places that last. Because we invest for the long term, we ensure our developments stand the test of time and continue to deliver memorable experiences well into the future.

We shape the future of real estate by creating unprecedented value and opportunity for our customers, associates, investors, and partners. We live for bringing our partners’ dreams to life, whether finding their place in one of our sustainable communities or fulfilling their professional purpose within a state-of-the-art commercial setting. When we create memorable experiences, we’re exceeding our partners’ high expectations and truly delivering on our core purpose of creating places people love.

Celebrating 30+ Years of Success & Impact

See how we've proudly made a mark on the communities we do business in from day one.

Ways We're Making an Impact

Creating places people love.

McWhinney is a collective of entrepreneurs, visionaries, and placemakers who directly impact the real estate industry in meaningful ways. Our companies and community stakeholders collaborate to deliver unprecedented value and exceptional experiences that draw people in, entice them to stay, and keep them returning for more.

We partner with like-minded designers, partners, and investors who share our core values and are interested in approaching development in new innovative and sustainable ways that have a positive impact on the environment.

Our Brand Pillars

Our guiding principles live at the core of all our projects and are infused into each and every real estate development.

Our Brand Pillars are the building blocks for our projects. With a solid foundation in place, our developments become visible, lasting, and striking multifamily developments, master-planned communities, commercial and mixed-use opportunities, and of course, hospitality centers of respite and relaxation.

Architecture and Design

Our projects demonstrate a commitment to high-quality, highly functional, and aesthetically attractive layouts, as well as architecture and design concepts appropriate for the location, site, product, and market positioning of the project.

Sustainable Development

We are committed to sustainable real estate development and care for the environment. This includes both project-specific sustainability practices and collaboration with strategic community partners.

Community Engagement and Impact

We make meaningful contributions to our communities through great placemaking and direct non-profit engagement. Our leaders and associates contribute personal and work time to give back to local non-profits and civic causes.

Arts and Culture

As part of the overall aesthetic and design, all our projects incorporate an authentic and visible commitment to art and culture. We ensure that our endeavors resonate deeply with the surrounding environment and community.

Project Innovation and Technology

Every project will be better than the last and show a commitment to innovative product development and integration of current trends in technologies based on bench-marking, research, and customer feedback.

McWhinney. Building excellence since 1991.

Other real estate developers have been around longer, but none have accomplished more than McWhinney has in as little time. It speaks to our singular mission of creating places people love.

Troy and Chad begin securing options on several large tracts of agricultural land in Loveland, CO, including the purchase of 440 acres of land originally homesteaded by their great-great-grandfather, John Hahn.

1991

Chad and Troy sell 40 acres of land to JMJ Properties for the development of The Outlets at Loveland, working closely with the City of Loveland on infrastructure and entitlement negotiations.

1993

McWhinney develops first corporate headquarters office campus for Factual Data Corporation.

1997

McWhinney develops its first retail center, The Marketplace at Centerra, anchored by Target.

1998

McWhinney, in partnership with the City of Loveland, creates Centerra, a master-planned community encompassing 3,000 acres and miles of contiguous land.

2000

McWhinney develops the world headquarters for Swift and Company, a Fortune 500 corporation, at Promontory in Greeley, CO.

2001

The Promenade Shops at Centerra opens and Co’s BMW opens as the first dealership at The Motorplex at Centerra.

2005

In 2002, Poudre Valley Health System chooses Centerra as the location for its new regional hospital. In 2007, Medical Center of the Rockies, now part of UCHealth, opens as the first and only Level II Trauma Center in northern Colorado.

2007

2008 brings the purchase of 900+ acres of land in Broomfield, CO, that will become the master-planned community of Baseline.

2008

In 2012 McWhinney joins the Union Station Alliance as co-developer and managing member on the renovation of the historic train station in downtown Denver. In July of 2014, McWhinney and the Union Station Alliance reopen the historic train station hub as Denver Union Station.

2014

Great Wolf Resort Southern California opens in Garden Grove, CA.

2016

In 2015, McWhinney begins the redevelopment of downtown Denver’s historic Windsor Dairy into a virbrant, mixed-use project known as Dairy Block, which opened in 2017, with office anchor Prologis and the 172-room boutique hotel, The Maven.

2017

McWhinney develops the Hyatt Place Boston Seaport District, a waterfront hotel with stunning harbor views.

2020

McWhinney acquires the award-winning Austin Proper Hotel in downtown’s Second Street District. Named 2020’s Best New Hotel in America & Canada by Conde Nast Traveler, amenities include a luxurious spa, a rooftop pool and premier dining options.

2021

McWhinney begins revitalizing Foothills Mall, a 663,000 square foot indoor/outdoor mall.

2022

Finley at Baseline and VellaTerra at Kinston Build-to-Rent homes begin construction, offering residents a high-quality rental option in our vibrant communities.

2023

McWhinney breaks ground on the Cal Neva Resort in Lake Tahoe, ushering in a new era of vibrancy and timeless elegance while preserving the history of this iconic resort.

2024

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Building for the future. Creating places people love.

Our vision is clear. We will be the most innovative and sought after private real estate investment company, distinguished by our creative passion and unwavering financial discipline. At McWhinney, we’re creating places people love. That includes a company associates are proud to work for. A team investors are excited to work with. And ultimately, assets that become the heartbeat of vibrant communities. Our company values inspire and empower our associates to strive for excellence, foster collaboration and contribute positively to our collective success, leaving a ripple effect.

Respect. Recognition breeds motivation.
Integrity. Start with the why, end with the wow.
Perseverance. Work toward the win-win.
Legacy. Make daily decisions through a long-term lens.

= R . I . P . L

“When you live your values, the effects ripple outward, changing the shape of even the most distant shore.”

Meet the leaders that help McWhinney thrive.

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Chad McWhinney

CEO, Chairman & Co-Founder

"Success often comes to those who get in front of the inevitable"

Troy McWhinney

Co-Founder & Principal of McWhinney

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Dairy Block

Metro Denver

Commercial and Mixed Use

This historic and award-winning block located in the LoDo neighborhood, was once home to Windsor Dairy and is now the stomping grounds for tastemakers, fun seekers and seasoned regulars.

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