K&P Kestrel & Pike

Careers

See a building through, start to finish.

We are a small team working in exactly one city on exactly one building type. Everyone here watches projects go from dirt to ribbon cutting — and then walks past them on the way to lunch.

Why work here

Small team. One city. Whole buildings.

At a national developer you might spend three years on one phase of one tower in a city you have never walked. Here, you will touch every stage — underwriting the corner, sitting in the neighborhood workshops, walking the frame as it tops out, and standing at the block party when it opens.

The founders still review every drawing and walk every site. The whole firm fits around one conference table in our Larimer Street office, a block from The Mercantile — a building the people at that table delivered. Six buildings in fifteen years, none late: that record belongs to a team small enough that your work is visible in it.

Benefits

Built for people who stay.

Open roles

Two seats at the table.

Apply by email with your resume and a short note on a Denver block you think deserves a better building.

Development Associate

Denver, CO Full-time

What you'll do

  • Underwrite Denver infill sites against the firm’s acquisition criteria and build the models behind go/no-go decisions.
  • Support entitlement filings and prepare materials for neighborhood design workshops.
  • Track project budgets and schedules from acquisition through ribbon cutting alongside the VP of Development.
  • Assemble quarterly reporting on local-hire hours, affordability and leasing for investors and the city.

What you'll bring

  • 2–4 years in real-estate development, acquisitions or development-focused finance.
  • Strong financial modeling skills and comfort presenting to principals.
  • Genuine interest in Denver neighborhoods — you will spend time in them, not just model them.
Apply by email

Construction Project Manager

Denver, CO Full-time

What you'll do

  • Run day-to-day owner-side management of an active mid-rise site, currently Sloan’s Corner.
  • Hold the general contractor to schedule, budget and the firm’s zero-late-delivery standard.
  • Verify local-hire labor-hour tracking and compile the quarterly compliance figures.
  • Coordinate tenant improvement work with pre-leased ground-floor operators ahead of opening.

What you'll bring

  • 5+ years managing ground-up multifamily or mixed-use construction, owner or GC side.
  • Working knowledge of Denver permitting, inspections and public-works coordination.
  • A site-first work style — our PMs walk the building weekly with Tom Pike.
Apply by email

Nothing that fits? Write to careers@kestrelandpike.com anyway — we read everything, and we hire slowly on purpose.