DENVER-"Low-risk assets will experience a bidding frenzy in 2003," Timothy Richey, a senior director and top investment broker at the Denver office of Cushman & Wakefield, tells GlobeSt.com. Foremost will be grocery-anchored centers and buildings with long-term leases to credit worthy tenants.

DENVER-The 22-story building with 745,925 sf catches the attention of the Denver Newspaper Agency, which likely could take one-third the space for the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.

DENVER-The local Marcus & Millichap office loses senior associate Dan Grooters, a veteran of $75 million in retail investment sales, as well as sales manager Riki Hashimoto. They run the retail investment division of Grubb & Ellis' investment services group.

DENVER-The good report card comes from a Beacon Hill Institute study despite a recent up-tick in office vacancy rates, declining retail activity and a continued slump in the hotel sector.

DENVER-Fairfield, IA developer Philip Hirschhorn's company files for bankruptcy protection, a move that stalls foreclosure efforts by lenders who agreed to finance development of 1,000 acres west of Denver International Airport for mall, hotel, entertainment and residential development.

GLENDALE, CO-The $12-million to $15-million project will replace a 145,000-sf building, the Minneapolis-based chain's sixth-oldest outlet, with a 196,000-sf store that has been approved for liquor sales. The store is this small city's largest tax generator.

DENVER-Accounting and running an office are a thing of the past for David Hart and Chris Phenicie, who were lured from their own firm, Commercial Colorado. "We're deal makers. That's what we thrive on," Hart tells GlobeSt.com.

DENVER-The Rocky Mountain Lodging Report pegs the hotel occupancy rate outside of Denver at 58.8% through November, down nearly two percentage points compared to the first 11 months of 2001. Occupancy rates hit 28.4% in Vail and 35.3% in Aspen.