After the subsidiary exists, the lease is signed and the continuous year is complete, and far enough ahead of the installation season that a petition decision, including any request for evidence, arrives before the director needs to be on site.
Put the lease, the year and the season on one line
Three clocks run at once. The subsidiary's incorporation, bank account and lease have to be in place before the petition can be filed, because a new-office case is judged on secured premises and capacity, not intentions. The director's continuous year has to be complete on the filing date, which for someone rehired after a layoff may be later than the company assumes.
And the ski areas that will be the first clients need pipeline work done in the summer and early fall, before the ground freezes and before snowmaking begins. Working backward, the lease should be signed in late winter, the petition filed as soon as the year is served, and a premium-processing request considered if the decision would otherwise land in the middle of the installation window. A request for additional evidence can add weeks, so keep the premises photographs, staffing plan and financial projections ready to answer it.
Do not let the director begin managing the Colorado operation from Colorado before approval; planning trips are different from working there.