DENVER-Intellectual property law firm Townsend, Townsend and Crew LLP takes the entire 27th floor of the Tabor Center, about 40,000 sf, doubling its space to meet growing demand.

DENVER-The historic Hardware Block buildings in Lower Downtown are mortgaged for $6.29 million while owners of the US Forest Service Building in Pueblo obtain a $2.875-million mortgage.

DENVER-The city of Aurora would get 975 for recreation and open space while the city and county of Denver would acquire 460 acres next to its Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site.

DENVER-Top multifamily sales producers Jeff Hawks and Doug Andrews bolt Grubb & Ellis to form Apartment Realty Advisors, which aligns itself with commercial real estate giant Frederick Ross Co.

DENVER-Under the $16-million financing scheme, the city and county would buy 400 W. Colfax Ave. from the publishers of the Rocky Mountain News, sell it, then lease it back.

DENVER-The $7-million Point project includes multifamily rental and for-sale housing, retail and office space at at 26th and Washington streets in the Five Points neighborhood. Five Points Business Association and the non-profit Hope Communities Inc. are co-developers.

BROOMFIELD, CO-The 150,000-sf club along the Northwest Corridor will become the second largest in the Chicago-based fitness club operator's chain. Completion is scheduled for October 2003.

DENVER-A division of the Denver-based Broe Cos. Inc. pours $1 million into the 167-unit facility acquired from the Colorado Housing Finance Authority, which foreclosed on a loan to the Allied Jewish Housing Group.