Darlene Carter named CEO of C.W. Group

C.W. Group, a real estate development company based in Centerville, has named Darlene Carter as CEO. Carter previously served as president of C.W. Urban, a division of C.W. Group, from 2017-20. C.W. Urban is an architecture, general contractor and development firm specializing in urban and suburban single- family and multifamily developments. She was named president of C.W. Group in 2020.

C.W. Group is made up of four divisions: C.W. Land Co., C.W. Urban, Cole West Home and Cole West Development. The company focuses on developing master-planned communities, residential lots, urban in-fill communities and mixed-use properties throughout Utah.

In her new role, Carter will be responsible for overseeing all company deliverables and has participated in raising over a billion dollars in residential for-sale and for-rent project funding.

“Darlene Carter has become, in my opinion, the best residential real estate developer in the state of Utah. She possesses an almost unmatched combination of courageous leadership, intelligent underwriting, market expertise, diligent operating skills and marketing genius,” said Colin Wright, founder and owner of C.W. Group. “She has successfully developed stacked condos, townhomes, single-family homes, master-planned communities, build-for-rent townhomes, suburban apartments and vertically mixed-use projects. C.W. Group is in amazing hands with Darlene Carter and the future is more promising than it has ever been.”

Carter previously served in various leadership roles at homebuilders in Utah, including Oakwood Homes, Henry Walker Homes and Woodside Homes.

A graduate of Utah State University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and communications, Carter has been a licensed real estate agent and broker since 2005. Carter is currently the co-chair of the Downtown Alliance Development Committee. She is also a board member of Envision Utah and ULI Utah.