Brandon Christensen directs the Durango Suzuki Advanced String Ensemble on Friday night during the grand opening of Wells Group Real Estate’s new office at 1130 Main Ave. The company was started in 1985 by Jim Wotkyns and John Wells. The new location will house 65 employees in the three-story building, which was once the Herald Democrat newspaper building.

Jim Wotkyns, left, and John Wells, co-owners of Wells Group Real Estate, stand Friday in front of a picture of the two of them taken around 1985 when they created the Durango company. Wotkyns and Wells were hosting the grand opening of the company’s new location at 1130 Main Ave.