LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY


              Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of William T. Atkins, Charles K. Knight and Kim P.
Boswood, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

            (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
      undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of AmeriVest
      Properties Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with
      Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
      thereunder;

            (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
      undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute
      any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
      thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and
      Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

            (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
      the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
      benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
      undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
      attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited
      Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
      conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
      discretion.

      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

      This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 10th day of June, 2003.

                                    /s/CHARLES K. KNIGHT
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                                    CHARLES K. KNIGHT
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