Tim Harty, The Business Times

They’ve worked together previously at different companies in Grand Junction, and they’re familiar with the expertise each as accumulated.

That familiarity is a pretty good start for Kyle Serrano, Cory Carlson, Becca Posner and Theresa Englbrecht, a quartet of commercial brokers who came together to form Venture Group in late April. The new commercial real estate and business brokerage firm in Grand Junction focuses specifically on commercial market segments as well as mergers and acquisitions.

Venture Group, 627 24 1/2 Road, Unit D, is well-versed in a variety of commercial real estate transactions, from retail spaces and office buildings to industrial properties and land development. It will offer a comprehensive range of services, including property valuation, market analysis, business brokerage and leasing negotiations.

Serrano, Venture Group’s CEO, said he worked with Carlson, Posner and Englbrecht previously, at least three years with each, and he thinks it was seven years with Englebrecht.

Serrano said their reunion isn’t something that was long in the works. Rather, it was an “all the stars kind of aligned scenario.”

“I was looking at doing something different and kind of joining some type of a firm or growing or scaling at some point for some more synergy with other good brokers in the area,” he said. “It just kinda happened at the same time that some other brokers were looking to make some changes and kinda do some things differently with their business. So, it all kind of originated pretty quickly after that.”

Serrano calls Venture Group a boutique brokerage because of its focus. It’s not trying to be all things to all people. The foursome has similar strengths and will play to those.

“Focusing our resources and our energy and our efforts and our time and a specialty of commercial and business brokerage was kind of where we all had the meeting of the minds of like, ‘Yes, this just makes sense that we have a specialty boutique firm that focuses on commercial real estate and M&A,’” he said.

Serrano thinks Venture Group’s experience in total is about 40 to 45 years, and the four have worked in the Grand Valley and know the market. And they want to be in this market.

“We’re all bullish on Grand Junction in terms of long-term growth in general,” he said. “The commercial real estate market here has been appreciating, and it’s been pretty robust, and it’s been increasing over the last number of years. So, we’re just bullish on where we’re at in the marketplace and kind of what the future growth projections look like for Grand Junction relative to M&A and relative to commercial real estate.”

Clients have options when it comes to commercial brokers in Grand Junction and the Western Slope, but Serrano thinks clients who come to Venture Group will quickly see what sets it apart.

He points to the experience in the group, the competency, the quality of people that they have to work with and represent people. And then there’s “the specialty and the direct focus of doing what we do, and focusing on commercial and M&A is really what sets us apart and why you would choose us.”

For more information about Venture Group and its services, visit www.venturegj.com, email info@venturegj.com or call 970-314-2084.