Regions West | Denver
Colorado-Based Burger Chain Has Appetite For Growth
May 09, 2008 - Source: Rocky Mountain News
Smashburger, which was launched with just one store on Denver's Colorado Boulevard less than a year ago, plans to expand to 20 locations by year's end and eventually have 500 locations nationwide.
Denver Office Building Gets Under Way with New 330,000SF
May 08, 2008
With a 330,000-square-foot lease agreement from Xcel Energy in hand, Westfield Development Co. has just commenced construction of a 500,000-square-foot office tower in Denver's central business district.
Behringer Harvard Announces MF Development in Denver
May 07, 2008
Behringer Harvard has announced its investment in Alexan Prospect, a 400-unit multi-family community slated for construction in the Central Platte Valley, a 120-acre area immediately west of the Denver central business district.
Denver Economy Stable, Luring Renters
May 06, 2008
The Denver apartment market will remain reasonably healthy in 2008, though competition from the region’s shadow stock will offset some of the recent improvements to fundamentals, according to a first-quarter Apartment Research Report by Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Brokerage Group.
Master Planner Picked for Denver-Area Retail Project
May 05, 2008
Plans for the Dacono Gateway Centre between Denver and Boulder, Colo., have come closer to fruition with the selection of a firm to design the project's master plan. Denver-based Norris Design got the nod recently from the developer, Orlando-based Jupiter USA. The project will encompass more than 500,000 square feet of retail, hotel, restaurant and office space on 132 acres, according to Jupiter USA.
Marcus & Millichap Capital Arranges $30M Loan for Denver Apartment Complex
May 01, 2008
A $30.6 million non-recourse loan arranged by Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. helped Security Properties Inc. of Seattle re-enter the Denver market with the $37 million purchase of The Aventine, a 336-unit apartment complex.
PRO Group Board Elects Synnott President, CEO
May 01, 2008
Denver-based the PRO Group Inc. board of directors elected Steve Synnott the firm's president and chief.
Prologis Has Broken Into Fortune 500
April 30, 2008
Denver-based ProLogis said today that it has been included on the list of Fortune 500 companies.
Brookwood Buys Tamarac Plaza Portfolio for $41M
April 30, 2008
Brookwood Financial Partners L.P. sold three office buildings totaling 355,269 square feet in Denver's Tamarac Square to Parmenter Realty Partners for $41 million.
Denver FBI Office Project Breaking Ground
April 23, 2008
Groundbreaking is set to take place Thursday at the new Denver FBI Building, to be hosted by the U.S. General Services Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Alex S. Palmer & Co.
Trammell Crow Starts Last Phase of Colorado Industrial Park
April 07, 2008
Trammell Crow Co., on behalf of owner Principal Real Estate Investors, has broken ground on Phase III at Airways Business Center in Aurora, Colo.
Forest City Completes Colorado Retail Center
April 04, 2008
The 215-acre Orchard Town Center in Westminster, Colo., under construction since the fall of 2005, has opened amid a rather different economic and consumer environment than during its ground breaking.
Prologis Wins NAIOP Award
March 13, 2008
ProLogis has received the Industrial Development of the Year award from the Colorado chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties.
Stapleton Business park Forest City, Etkin Johnson Start Business Park at Former Denver Airport 
March 10, 2008
Forest City Development and the Etkin Johnson Group have begun construction on Enterprise Park at Stapleton (pictured), a three-building, 441,000-square-foot office and industrial park at the site of Denver’s former Stapleton International Airport. 
behringer Behringer Harvard Sells Premier Denver-Area Office Property
Feb. 25, 2008
The office building at 9100 Mineral Circle in Englewood, Colo., has just come under new ownership with Behringer Harvard's disposition of the Class A office property four years after having acquired it.
Spire in Denver Gets Construction Loan
Jan. 24, 2008
Corus Bank has announced that it has closed a $118 million loan to Spire Denver L.L.C., an affiliate of Nichols Partnership Inc., to finance the building of Spire, a 41-story condominium building in Denver, Colo.
Pacific Coast, Griffis Group in JV to Take 2 Denver  M-Fs
Jan. 18, 2008
Pacific Coast Capital Partners L.L.C. has formed a joint venture with the Denver-based Griffis Value Added Fund L.L.C. in order to buy Gateway Park Apartments, a 328-unit apartment community in Denver, Colo., and Bristol Village, a 240-unit apartment community in Aurora, Colo.
Dex Takes Leases in Denver
Jan. 04, 2008
Dex, a part of R.H. Donnelley, is leasing two buildings in the Denver Metro area, Studley has announced.
Westin Westminster Denver-Area Westin Purchased by Joint Venture
Dec. 14, 2007
The Westin Westminster hotel in Westminster, Colo., just outside Denver, has just changed hands, sort of.
Hines, CalPERS Take Denver Bank Building
Oct. 29, 2007
Hines and CalPERS have acquired the Guaranty Bank Building in Lower Downtown Denver, through the National Office Partners Ltd. Partnership, their investment partnership.
Triple Net Closes TIC Deals in South Carolina, California
Oct. 08, 2007
In two deals that closed a few days apart in late September and early October, Triple Net Properties L.L.C. has acquired and sold properties in different parts of the country on behalf of tenant-in-common investors.
Wells REIT Acquires Englewood Building in $138M Sale-Leaseback
Sept. 27, 2007
Wells Real Estate Investment Trust II has purchased the world headquarters of CH2M Hill near Denver in a $138.5 million sale-leaseback, not including closing costs, according to the SEC filing for the transaction.
JV Takes 216-Unit Denver Apartment
Sept. 26, 2007
Pacific Coast Capital Partners L.L.C. has formed a joint venture with Denver-based Griffis Value Added Fund L.L.C. for the acquisition of Highline on Cherry Creek, a 216-unit apartment community in Denver.
$228M Denver Office Portfolio Syndication Complete
Sept. 26, 2007
The massive sale of Equity Office Properties Trust last winter continues to reverberate in office markets around the country. In Denver, a five-building downtown portfolio that the Blackstone Group flipped to Callahan Capital Partners has attracted new investors. Callahan has thus completed a $228 million syndication of its partnership interests in the properties.
Bascom Closes on $51.7M Denver Apartment Buy
Sept. 21, 2007
Bascom Group L.L.C. has closed on the $51.7 million acquisition of Lakecrest at Gateway Park, a 440-unit Class A apartment property in Denver.
 

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