David C. Camp
Partner
Dave is a recognized leader in retail leasing and development, providing clients with comprehensive representation across all facets of real estate transactions, including development, construction, financing and ownership. He has extensive experience working with prominent national clients, including a leading grocery chain and a major e-commerce retailer, and also represents a diverse group of other landlords and tenants, including gyms, restaurants, and an international music venue operator. Dave regularly counsels institutional developers, bringing a broad perspective to complex real estate matters.
Dave is known for his business-focused approach and thorough understanding of the needs of all parties and the economic implications of items under negotiation. Clients especially value his ability to close deals in a timely and efficient manner. He firmly believes that clients hire him to get deals done while providing innovative solutions to disputed points and a clear understanding of the deal’s risks and benefits.
Dave is a respected speaker and educator who regularly presents on a wide variety of real estate topics. He has led sessions on real estate acquisitions (REAs), lease negotiations, and specialized subjects for organizations such as the ABA Real Estate Section, ICSC, Professional Education Broadcast Network, and the Colorado Bar Association’s National CLE program, as well as the occasional podcast.
Practice Areas
- Real Estate
EDUCATION
Middlebury College (1989)
University of Pennsylvania Law School (1992)
BAR ADMISSIONS
Colorado
2026
- Quoted, Law Week Colorado, Energy & Natural Resources Deep Dive
2023
- Co-Author, Commercial Real Estate Leases: Preparation, Negotiation, and Forms, 6th Edition, 2023 Supplement, Wolters Kluwer publication
2020
- Co-Author, “Retrofitting Retail Users in Post COVID-19 World,” Colorado Real Estate Journal
2017
- Co-Author, “How to draft a successful work letter,” Colorado Real Estate Journal, October 4, 2017
2016
- Author, “Due diligence: What to hand off, how much to do & when to stop,” Colorado Real Estate Journal, October 5, 2016
2014
- Author, “A few thoughts on percentage rent,” Colorado Real Estate Journal, December 16, 2014
2023
- Co-Presenter, American Law Institute, Webcast, “Assignment and Subletting: How to Survive a Contracting Office and Retail Marketing”
2022
- Presenter, International Council of Shopping Centers and U.S. Law Conference, “Why Are you Still Single? The Top Challenges to Building a Successful Long-Term Tenant and Landlord Relationship in a Single-Tenant Ground Lease"
- Presenter, American Bar Association/Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, Leasing Boot Camp Series, “Insurance & Lenders”
- Presenter, American Bar Association/Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, 2022 RPTE National CLE Conference, “The Not-So Standard,, Not-So Retail Shopping Center Outline – A Negotiation”
2021
- Presenter, International Council of Shopping Centers and U.S. Law Conference, “Digging Deep Into the Ground Lease”
- Co-Presenter, American Law Institute, Commercial Real Estate Leases Conference, “Construction Work Letters and Build Outs”
- Co-Presenter, American Law Institute, Commercial Real Estate Leases Conference, “The New Normal: Assignments and Subleases”
2020
- Lecturer, Professional Education Broadcast Network, “Percentage Rent”
- Presenter, International Council of Shopping Centers, “The Three R’s of Retail Development – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”
- Presenter, American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education, Commercial Real Estate Leases A and Commercial Real Estate Leases B, “Ethics Issues: Hackers and Agents and Closings, Oh My!”
2019
- Lecturer, Professional Education Broadcast Network, “The Economics of Leases: Essential Calculations to Understand Before Drafting Leases”
- Presenter, American Bar Association/Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, “How to Negotiate Lease Construction, Default, Insurance, and other Common Provisions Today”
- Presenter, American Bar Association/Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, 31st Annual RPTE National CLE Conference, “REAdy to Draft and Amend REA Documents? Pointers for drafting and amending REA documents”
2018
- Presenter, American Bar Association/Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, 30th Annual Spring Symposia, “Five Calculations Every Leasing Attorney Should Know How to Make”
- Presenter, American Bar Association/Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, “Putting the FUN in the Fundamental Concepts of Commercial Leases”
2017
- Lecturer, Colorado Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education, “Making the Work Letter Work for You: How to Write a Work Letter that is Clear and Comprehensive”
- Lecturer, Professional Education Broadcast Network, “Commercial Lease Work Letters and Tricks and Traps of Tenant Improvement Money"
- Presenter, American Bar Association/Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, 29th Annual Spring Symposia, “Love Thy Neighbor: Negotiating Co-Tenancy Provisions in an Evolving Retail Landscape”
- Lecturer, Professional Education Broadcast Network, “Retail Leases: Drafting Tips and Negotiating Traps”
2016
- Lecturer, Colorado Bar Association CLE Audio Webcast, “Due Diligence in Real Estate Acquisitions”
- Lecturer, Professional Education Broadcast Network, “Negotiating and Drafting Issues with Small Commercial Leases”
2015
- Lecturer, Professional Education Broadcast Network, “Drafting and Reviewing Commercial Leases”
2013
- Lecturer, ICSC 2013 Canadian Law Conference, “Building a House of Cards”
- Member and Vice-Chair, Emerging Issues and Specialty Leases Committee of the American Bar Association
- Fellow, American College of Real Estate Lawyers
- Member, American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Climate Impact Affinity Group
- Member, American Bar Association, Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section
- Member, American Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Practical Real Estate Lawyer Editorial Board and Real Estate Advisory Panel
Outside of the office, Dave is an active outdoorsman, backpacking in the Sawtooth Mountains in Idaho and other parts of the Rockies and spending the winter mixing backcountry skiing and mogul runs. In addition, Dave is an avid musician who regularly plays at various Denver venues and is proudly working on a 4th album with his band.
