DENVER-Vectra Bank Colorado pays nearly $7 million for the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority bonds used to finance 12 loans from its SMART program for 263 affordable multifamily rental units.

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO-Chateau Communities Inc. director Steve Sherwood, a co-founder of CWS Communities Trust, replaces the exiting Gary McDaniel. Cost-saving measures of $3 million a year also are put into play.

DENVER-The law firm of Featherstone DeSisto LLP now has more than 10,000 sf on the 24th floor of the South Tower of Chicago-based Equity Office Properties Trust's Dominion Plaza at 600 17th St.

DENVER-The $2.5 million for architectural fees for the planned 1,100-room Hyatt Regency Convention Hotel comes from the city's fleet reserve fund, which has about $22 million. City council approval comes with a pledge to repay the reserve fund.

LONDON-ProLogis, the world's largest industrial REIT, inked three new leases for a total of 164,687 sf on its ProLogis Park site in Poznan, Poland

BRECKENRDIGE, CO-The 85-acre New Urbanism community a mile from the ski area's Downtown wins a National Award for Smart Growth Achievement from the US Environmental Protection Agency. The traditional neighborhood replaces a mining operation.

DENVER-The REIT that has carved a niche in owning buildings catering to small- and medium-sized tenants pays $18.7 million for the building at Interstate 25 and South Colorado Boulevard. United Airlines, which has been mulling bankruptcy, has 19,000 sf there, about 10% of the building.

DENVER-Equity Office Properties Trust's 560,000-sf asset at 1200 17th St. keeps Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP in the 30-story office portion of a development that also includes Shops at Tabor Center, a parking garage and a Westin Hotel.