WESTMINSTER, CO-A 12-acre site is the last large, undeveloped piece of ground in the 30-year-old Ranch community. Principals from the Vintage Marketing Group and Loup Development, including US Ambassador to the Vatican Jim Nicholson, are involved in the project.

DENVER-Apartment Investment and Management Co., which would be the largest multifamily rental REIT in the US after its acquisition of Casden Properties, sees rent growth of just 2% in 2001.

DENVER-Concessions of up to three months free rent are being offered by some property owners as the overall apartment vacancy rate hits an 11-year high of 8.7%, the Genesis Group reports.

WESTMINSTER, CO-A 12-acre site is the last large, undeveloped piece of ground in the 30-year-old Ranch community. Principals from the Vintage Marketing Group and Loup Development, including US Ambassador to the Vatican Jim Nicholson, are involved in the project.

DENVER-The 350-room hotel operated by Hilton would be the only resort property near Denver International Airport, despite eventual competition from a 500-room Westin Hotel. The Hilton property, which also could be expanded to 500 rooms, will include an 18-hole golf course.

DENVER-The theme of the 14,000-sf Blue Sky Grill is taken largely from Denver Nuggets and the Colorado Avalanche owner Stan Kroenke's sprawling Q Creek Ranch in Wyoming. The restaurant opens on land once used for team administrative offices.

DENVER-The future looks bright for the REIT created by the merger with Charles E. Smith Residential, which expanded Archstone's presence in Downtown areas in cities such as Chicago, Boston and Washington, D.C.

DENVER-An $8.5-million certificate of participation issued by the city and county of Denver will be repaid with zoo admission fees. Also, financing came from $7.5 million from the zoo's improvement bond fund as well as $1.5 million from Denver's neighborhood improvement bond fund.