DENVER-Developer and retail investment totaling $19.8 million will be the largest source of financing for the Dahlia Square Shopping Center project. Another $7.5 million comes from tax increment financing.

DENVER-While the multifamily rental vacancy rate is 8.4% statewide, the vacancy rate for affordable rental units hovers around 5%, according to the state's division of housing. Development has fallen far short of demand, a state report indicates.

DENVER-The occupancy rate of 59.5% in October is an improvement over the same month in 2001, only the third time this year that has happened, according to the latest Rocky Mountain Lodging Report.

DENVER-The largest retail deal in Colorado this year, scheduled to close later this month, will transfer two outlet malls in the state from Baltimore-based Prime Retail Inc. to Calgary-based TGS Properties North American Real Estate Investment Trust.

DENVER-Greg Hartmann, managing director of HVS International, says the 1,100-room Hyatt Regency convention center will need to average $159 a night, at 60% occupancy, when it opens in 2006. That rises to $170 a night two years later, Hartmann tells bond firms.

DENVER-Rents will be as high as $1.50 per sf for units in Promenade Place, being developed by Finger Co. of Houston. The first units are expected to be delivered next month.

DENVER-The $40-million, 196-room J.W. Marriott is expected to command average room rates of about $170 per night when it opens in the spring of 2004 on the Sears Roebuck & Co. site.

DENVER-The $40-million, 196-room J.W. Marriott is expected to command average room rates of about $170 per night when it opens in the spring of 2004 on the Sears Roebuck & Co. site.