DENVER-The principals of the St. Charles Town Co. and Byers Street Properties buy two key half-blocks along the burgeoning 14th Street corridor from Central Parking, immediately selling off three of four parcels.

DENVER-The Aveda Institute takes 15,000 sf in the historic Denver Dry Goods Building, leaving another 23,000 sf vacated last year by Media Play.

AURORA, CO-Chairman K. Dane Brooksher gets a bonus of $1.8 million, with another $3.9 million in ProLogis stock and $1.3 million from the company's Long Term Incentive Plan. His salary was less than $1 million.

DENVER-Newman Financial Services' Structured Products Group expects to do $300 million in "value-added" commercial real estate financing this year, up from $230 million in 2004.

DENVER-Central City's five casinos hit $6 million in adjusted gross proceeds in February, up 44.2% from February 2004. A new road from Interstate 70 connects to Central City improves access for visitors.

THORNTON, CO-Daveco Liquors plans to build a 102,000-sf store at the center at Interstate 25 and Highway 7, while Dick¹s Sporting Goods signs a deal for approximately 50,000 sf. Bed Bath & Beyond, Pier 1 Imports and Village Inn also sign deals.

DENVER-The city's tallest building draws Tai-Denver, a market research agency, to 9,162 sf on the 31st floor. The labor pool and transportation are factors in the firm's decision to sign a lease with Brookfield Properties.

AURORA, CO-"The pace of the current recovery in the nation's warehouse and distribution leasing markets accelerated in the second half of 2004, and especially in the fourth quarter," says Leonard Sahling, head of the ProLogis Research Group.