Denver

Lone Tree has emerged as Denver's most sought-after enclave in recent years, JLL notes, and as the metro's fastest growing suburb it includes a discerning “renter-by-choice” demographic.

The nation's housing affordability problem requires a multi-faceted and multi-partner solution.

Earlier this week DCT Industrial's shareholders voted to approve the $8.4 billion transaction.

The transaction is expected to close later this week.

With many recent deals here, including a new $45-million multifamily development under construction by a Chicago-based firm investment company, among others, Denver continues to appear on investors' radar.

Company officials say the $500-million fund is one of the largest in the nation, and the only one of its kind in the state of Colorado.

Here's a look at the trends, announcements and deals you may have missed in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma and Arkansas.

For its first deal in the US, the company partnered with other equity providers to buy 100,000 square feet of office space in Manhattan's Gucci building.