Keely represents owners, borrowers, and developers with the acquisition, sales, and development of real estate, with a particular focus on financing of multifamily properties.
As a HUD specialist, Keely has significant experience guiding borrowers through the HUD financing process including new construction, acquisition financing, and refinancing, as well as the HUD loan assumption (TPA) process.ย Keelyโs specialty includes construction disputes and other issues that arise during the final endorsement process of a HUD loan.
Keely’s practice includes market-rate properties, as well as affordable/subsidized properties, and senior projects. Keely helps her clients to navigate the sale, acquisition and refinancing process of affordable properties with multiple layers of subsidies.
University of Denver, J.D.
Scholastic Excellence Awards: Administrative Law; Constitutional Law
Tulane University, B.A., cum laude
Distinguished Scholars Award
U.S. District Court – District of Colorado
5280 Magazine, Top Real Estate Lawyer, 2023
Best Lawyersยฎ, Real Estate Law, 2022-2024
Chambers USA: Real Estate – Colorado, Up and Coming, 2023
American Bar Association, Forum on Affordable Housing
Downtown Denver Partnership, Leadership Program, 2014
NAIOP, Commercial Real Estate Development Association
Moderator, “Introduction to the Government Sponsored Entities (GSE) Fannie/Freddie 101v,” ABA Affordable Housing and Community Development Law Forum, May 2019
Author, “3 New Laws Will Impact the Greening of Colorado Real Estate,” Colorado Real Estate Journal, April 2022
Author, “Green MIP Reduction program is a useful tool,” Colorado Real Estate Journal, Multifamily Properties Quarterly, August 2017
Contributor, “Senior Housing & Care Question of the Month,” Colorado Real Estate Journal, June 2014
Author, “Subdividing land in Denver: I say ‘simple.’ you say ‘not so’,” Colorado Real Estate Journal, August 2013
Author, “Reviewing Assumption of FHA-Insured Loans: The ‘TPA’,” Colorado Real Estate Journal, March 2013
Author, “HUD-insured financing of MF projects: What is the status today?” Colorado Real Estate Journal, August 2012