DENVER-City planners, recreation facilities managers and others will converge on the Mile High City in June to powwow about facility design and management.

WESTMINSTER, CO-A West Coast-based owner of self-storage properties has bought the Lake Arbor Self-Storage facility in this suburb of Denver, and is looking to buy more in the area.

ENGLEWOOD, CO-This suburban Denver redevelopment of a shopping mall into a mixed-use project has received an excellence in economic development award from the U.S. Department of Commerce.

DENVER-A local investment group has bought a 22-unit multifamily property, with plans to do some renovations, in a deal brokered by Grubb & Ellis.

DENVER-CB Richard Ellis reports that the Denver-area office market has improved and predicts that by year-end 2004 absorption will be quite positive.

DENVER-Legacy Ridge, a 221-unit multifamily complex built in 2001, has gotten a permanent loan through the Denver office NorthMarq Capital.

ENGLEWOOD, CO-Alexan CityCenter, which was developed to be accessible to Downtown Denver via light rail, has fetched a healthy price for Trammel Crow, which is selling it to UBS.

DENVER-The mayor of Denver has proposed a dedicated inspector at the new convention hotel construction site to monitor contractors and subcontractors, to satisfy union complaints that workers on public projects aren't being paid according to the city's own rules.