BROOMFIELD, CO-A subsidiary of Charter Municipal Mortgage Acceptance Co. writes a five-year mortgage at 5.815% at a 49% loan-to-value on the 90-unit garden-style multifamily rental complex.

DENVER-Fuller and Co. pegs the vacancy rate at 7.7%, but it rises nearly one full percentage point when 1.8 million sf of sublease space is added to the equation.

DENVER-The upscale hotel takes the entire top floor of the 172,978-sf class-B building for about $15 per sf, with the lease extended 49 months. Hotel Teatro subleases from Matrix Bancorp Inc.

DENVER-"Builders and developers know they can sell the lower-priced units to first-time buyers, many of whom were apartment renters," Mike Rinner of the Genesis Group tells GlobeSt.com, explaining the 1,504 permits pulled through May.

DENVER-Inverness Properties LLC principal Brad Neiman says the local office market won't be ready to absorb new construction until 2008. Developers are crossing their fingers for a quicker recovery.

DENVER-Restaurants that cost $1.7 million to develop but generate a 36% cash-on-cash return is one potential attraction shares of the chain will offer to investors. The IPO will help expansion to 850 stores.

DENVER-CarrAmerica Realty Corp.'s three-story building in the campus-like Dry Creek Corporate Center draws the subsidiary of Liberty Mutual Corp. Expansion is possible, the insurance company says.

DENVER-Raging forest fires in Colorado may make the occupancy and average room rate pictures worse before they get better, fears Bob Benton, whose firm publishes the Rocky Mountain Lodging Report.