Larry Hamilton formed the firm in 1976 in Denver, Colorado where the focus was on suburban office developments through its first twenty years. In 1996 Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Holtze ventured to Dallas to scout out opportunities and saw a downtown in decline but that they thought could turn around. They later bought two of Dallas’ most important historic landmarks, the Magnolia Building and the Davis Building each of which had been vacant for over a decade. Mr. Holtze’s company converted the 1922 Magnolia Building into a 330 room hotel, and Hamilton Properties converted the 1926 Davis Building into a 183 unit mixed use loft apartment project with ground floor retail.