Business View Magazine | December 2019

177 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2019 CORE PROGRESS ION In 2008, Cerf opened his business in a rented facility, and two years later, in his first tiny studio. It was a live/work space with retail on the main floor and apartments on the second and third. Cerf lived above the studio and, in the beginning, he was there 24/7. After three months, the business was doing well enough to expand into the building next door, followed by relocation to a 5,000-sq.-ft. space a year later. In 2012, the West Arvada location, north of Denver, was opened and continued to expand, as the company’s business models and systems were honed and refined. In 2016, Cerf purchased his first commercial building – an old bank building in Northglenn. After a massive renovation, it’s now the state-of-the-art Core Progression headquarters. Another facility opened in Olde Town Arvada, soon thereafter. In 2017, Cerf launched Core Progression’s franchise model, and today, in addition to its three corporate locations, the company has a total of 15 franchises, three of which are in