Don Thomas

For over three decades, Don Thomas has been consistently recognized as a top producer, setting record-breaking prices for sellers across Summit County, while serving as The Thomas Group’s fearless leader. He is the patriarch of a family-run business whose trademark creativity, relentless drive, and unwavering client commitment are the very hallmarks of the group’s lasting success. Named the highest performer on a world-wide platform in office leasing, to production and sales awards spanning multiple states, including Missouri, Illinois, California, and Colorado, Don is an agent without limits.

“We recognize the client is above all,” Don says. “We are, as a team, committed to building a happy base of clients who feel there is nobody else who could serve them more professionally, more thoughtfully, or more gracefully than we.” Perhaps it is this, coupled by Don’s marketing genius, that creates a distinct advantage. From winning local and national awards for creative marketing collateral, and for creating and directing a very large scale, weekend-long running event with over 3,000 runners, Don has achieved outstanding personal success by thinking outside the box.

He began his commercial real estate career in St. Louis, Missouri in 1973 after earning his Bachelor of Science degree from Boston University in Business Administration. From there his background consists of prominent roles at LaSalle Partners, (now Jones Lang LaSalle) in Chicago, a premier corporate real estate services firm with personal experience in raw land asset development and property finance; nine-year employment with Trammell Crow Company where, as partner of the firm, he developed mid-rise suburban office properties in Chicago’s north and northwest suburban communities; and residential sales in San Diego, strategically marketing full-time homes.

After his entrepreneurial stint as a product developer and business builder as a Blockbuster Video franchisee, Don’s seven-year hiatus from real estate led him back to the business where he has always thrived – real estate. He soon opened a practice in the mountains of Summit County, where he continues to raise the bar. In addition to his proven track record for launching properties on the world stage, Don fully embraces the Colorado lifestyle.

He enjoys a daily routine training on his road bike, cross country skiing, and running the roads and trails of Summit County. Annual commitments include the 120 Mile Triple Bypass ride on the mountain highways stretching from Evergreen to Avon – he completed his 13th Triple Bypass recently – as well as the Bolder Boulder 10k, a mainstay on Don’s calendar where he has not failed to place in the top ten in his age group for over fifteen years. In the winter season, the American Birkebeiner calls. Don has completed 25 of these 50 kilometer cross country marathons in Hayward, Wisconsin.

When he is not training, Don is fly fishing the rivers and streams in the Colorado mountains and sailing the family’s 27-foot sailboat at Lake Dillon in the summers. He thrives as the snow falls and loves powder skiing through glades of trees, snowboarding the bowls or bumps, and silently traversing the cross country trails set throughout the valley. In total, Don has committed over 34 years in real estate with no plans for slowing down. His extensive experience and commitment to full-service customer care brand Don and The Thomas Group, a premier choice for buying and selling in Summit County. For unmatched service and expertise, with the reach and resources of a globally recognized brand, LIV Sotheby’s International Realty, contact Don Thomas.