AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 15, 2006

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

AMERIVEST PROPERTIES INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

1780 South Bellaire Street, Suite 100

Denver, Colorado 80222

(303) 297-1800

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices)

Charles K. Knight, Chief Executive Officer

1780 South Bellaire Street, Suite 100

Denver, Colorado 80222

(303) 297-1800

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

With Copies To

Peter H. Schwartz

Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

1550 Seventeenth Street, Suite 500

Denver, Colorado 80202

(303) 892-9400

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  Not applicable

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TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the registration statement filed on January 26, 2004 by AmeriVest Properties Inc., a Maryland corporation (“AmeriVest”) on Form S-3, File No. 333-112210  (the “Original Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which Original Registration Statement was subsequently declared effective.  On November 30, 2006, AmeriVest’s Board of Directors approved the termination of AmeriVest’s Original Registration Statement.  Pursuant to the Company’s undertakings under Item 512(a)(1)(iii) of Regulation S-K, by filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 the Company hereby terminates the Original Registration Statement and deregisters all shares that remain unsold under the Original Registration Statement as of the date hereof.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-112210 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Denver, Colorado, on December 13, 2006.

	AMERIVEST PROPERTIES INC.
	By:	/s/ Sheri Henry
		Sheri Henry
		Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-112210 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature		Title		Date
*		Chief Executive Officer (Principal		December 13, 2006
Charles K. Knight		Executive Officer)
/s/ Sheri Henry		Chief Financial Officer (Principal		December 13, 2006
Sheri Henry		Financial and Accounting Officer)
*		Director		December 13, 2006
Robert Holman, Jr.
*		Director		December 13, 2006
John L. Labate
*		Director		December 13, 2006
Jerry J. Tepper

 

* By :	/s/ Sheri Henry
Sheri Henry, Attorney-in-fact

 

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