DENVER-State Ed Perlmutter tells a Smart Growth forum hosted by Denver-based Direct Quest there are 47 different lobbying groups on growth and land issues making their pitches to legislators.

WESTMINSTER, CO-Nearly 15,000 sf of space in First Industrial Realty's speculative office facility on W. 124th Avenue are claimed by Bonfils Blood Center and Westbrook, ME-based IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.

DENVER-Investment conditions for multifamily rental properties rate 6.3 on a scale of 1 to 10, while hotels check in at 2.8, according to Real Estate Research Corp.'s "Charting a New Course -- Choppy Waters Lie Ahead.

DENVER-Barry Dorfman, president of the Staubach Co.'s Rocky Mountain region, completes 120 office transactions worth $144.35 million. Grubb & Ellis' multifamily team of Jeff Hawks and Doug Andrews do $256.5 million in business.

DENVER-The multifamily rental REIT chooses CarrAmerica Realty's Panorama Corporate Center V because of its location offering relatively quicker commutes for employees, some of whom already work at Panorama VI.

DENVER-The growth plan devised by the city's public works department and community planning and development agency divides the city into "areas of stability" and "areas of change.

DENVER-Discovery Place Investments' 27-unit condominium project with retail space takes its name from its location in the shadow of Coors Field, on the site of a former Breckenridge Brewery warehouse.

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO-Retired US Air Force colonel Charles R. Lucy will focus on construction litigation and real estate. He was a judge advocate during his 20-year Air Force career.