ATLANTA-The National Association of Home Builders cites Mashella Hampton for overall excellence in marketing the 16-month-old, 296-unit Highlands on Ponce. Her strategies included holding wine-tasting and shopping spree events for residents.

DENVER-The local apartment market needs to absorb a large number of units that have come on line recently. However, between the war and the slow economy, landlords will have to wait until at least early 2004 before positive absorption takes place.

PASADENA, TX-A new administration, scuttling a plan to convert the facility into a city hall, gets more than $1 million from a Houston buyer who's considering a redevelopment into a seniors housing project and a small retail center.

DENVER-The Denver area office vacancy rate rises in first quarter 2003, but it's too early and too little to call it an up market. The rate was just 0.2 points higher than the 16.9% recorded at the end of 2002.