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 November, 2003.
Kathryn L. Hale
Signature

Kathryn L. Hale
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