DENVER-MSAS Global leases 43,063 sf at Stapleton Business Center, Applied Industrial Technologies renews 42,502 sf at the Havana Business Center and Gard' n-Wide Distributors stays five more years in 25,902 sf at 11633 E. 51st Ave.

DENVER-The Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Denver releases statistics showing a 49% drop in building permits in the first quarter and Grubb & Ellis top apartment broker Jeff Hawks sees further declines.

AURORA-The multifamily market continues to show amazing strength as the 364-unit Winridge Apartments at 2075 S. Paris Way sells for $24.7 million to a pension fund advisor representing an unnamed client.

DENVER-A year's free rent for a BMW X-5 sports utility vehicle is the bonus being lured by the local office of First Industrial Realty Inc. to any broker who leases its 82,044-sf building in the Freeport Business Center.

GOLDEN, CO-New World Coffee-Manhattan Bagel Inc., based in Eatontown, NJ, has agreed to buy Einstein out of US Bankruptcy Court in Phoenix. New World agreed to pay $160 million in cash and assume $30 million in liabilities.

DENVER-A five-story, 117,305-sf building in the Midtown submarket is bought by attorney Alan Dill, who has been a tenant in the 17,000-sf building for more than 10 years for about 22% below replacement cost.

DENVER-The $32-million project on 19 acres at 2901 S. Sheridan Blvd. will include 260 one- and two-bedroom units, along with another building with 53 senior independent living units and 11,500 sf of retail.

DENVER-The $32-million project on 19 acres at 2901 S. Sheridan Blvd. will include 260 one- and two-bedroom units, along with another building with 53 senior independent living units and 11,500 sf of retail.