DENVER-Jones Lang LaSalle's propriety Regional Economic Growth Index predicts that vacancy rate in 2005, which would be four to nine percentage points lower than the current direct vacancy rate and total with available sublease space.

DENVER-Buying a parking garage, adding parking meters and limiting residential parking to permits are among the ideas recommended by Mayor Wellington E. Webb to ease parking in the retail district.

BRECKENRIDGE, CO-The town and Vail Resorts reach an agreement on development of Peaks 7 and 8, with an eye towards commercial space that won't compete with Downtown as well as environmental concerns.

DENVER-Nearly two dozen units in two projects go on the block by Sheldon Good & Co. Investors are the purchasers of two units at Avila Park while a combination of owner-occupants and investors buy relatively small units at 1629 Clarkson St.

DENVER-Stuart Seeley and Sydney Hilzenrath is impressed by Apartment Investment & Management Co.'s operation of a Los Angeles property as well as the financials involved in the acquisition of 17,383 units from Casden Properties LLC.

DENVER-NorthMarq Capital arranges an $11.57-million mortgage deal that also matches the 20-year lease term for the Government Services Administration in Helena, MT. Also, the 6.9% interest rate was locked six months before closing.

BEAVER CREEK, CO-"We've sold more than $10 million over the last four months," says Bob Phillips, vice president of business development for the Ritz-Carlton Club, a reflection of the strength of the fractional interest resort market.

DENVER-The first month-over-month increase in 13 months surprises Robert Benton of Denver-based Robert Benton & Associates. "I knew that Downtown would be strong because of all the conventions," says the co-author of the report. "But I was surprised by the strength of what happened along the I-25 corridor.