December 28, 2006 08:01 PM UTC

Owens Gets a Job

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• by: Colorado Pols

Courtesy of big Republican donor Joel Farkas, as the Rocky Mountain News reports:

Gov. Bill Owens hasn’t officially left office but already has his next endeavor lined up.
The Republican governor is forming a real estate investment venture with Denver-based JF Cos. Chairman Joel Farkas and JF CEO and former Colorado House Majority Leader Chris Paulson.

The new company, JCB Group LLC, will focus on acquiring land in the Western U.S., Europe and the Pacific Rim for residential and commercial development, and on other investment projects.

Owens leaves the governor’s office Jan. 9 and already has a business office ready for him at the Denver Tech Center, said Pete Webb, spokesman for JF Cos.

Farkas is a major Republican donor and was once appointed by Owens to the Colorado Commission on Higher Education.