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-8

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 December 12, 2002 by AmeriVest Properties Inc., a Maryland corporation (“AmeriVest”) on Form S-8, File No. 333-101802 (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 1995 Stock Option Plan.  Accordingly, AmeriVest hereby removes and withdraws from registration all securities registered under the Original Registration Statement that remain unissued.

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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. 333-101802 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. 333-101802 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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