AVON, CO-The 244-unit Buffalo Ridge Apartments a short distance from the entrance to the posh Beaver Creek ski resort is funded through tax-exempt bonds issued by a local housing authority and the state of Colorado.

AURORA, CO-The Denver office of Minneapolis-based Opus Northwest, headed by John W. Shaw, will develop the 270-bed, 900,000-sf hospital in Fitzsimons. Opus Northwest also will redevelop the former Children's Hospital site.

ARVADA, CO-Redevelopment work as well as promising talks with major retailers are among the justifications for Moody's Investor Service to upgrade tax increment revenue bonds to Baa2 from Baa3.

LITTLETON, CO-It got its current 190,000-sf complex for the bargain price of $7.5 million in 1997, but satellite TV giant EchoStar Communications has considered at least two larger facilities on the market.

DENVER-Frederick Ross Co. will oversee management of the 740,000-sf Quebec Square at the $4-billion redevelopment of the former Stapleton International Airport. Home Depot, Wal-Mart and Sam's Club are anchors.

DENVER-Denver County Undersheriff Fred Oliva spends an hour telling Mayor Wellington Webb the site at 400 W. Colfax Ave. is his top choice for a new lockup, which would replace a facility that is overcrowded.

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO-Landing the Northern Command headquarters, which could be the start of more defense contracts, will boost business for Grubb & Ellis'Colorado Multi-Housing Properties Team here, according to a report.

DENVER-Atlanta-based Wells Real Estate Investment Trust takes the 108,240-sf building at 750 S. Richfield St. off the hands of New Jersey-based Mack-Cali. The building is 100% leased to TRW Inc. through September 2007.