BOSTON-Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide has another year to find financing for the 1,120-room convention center hotel being built on the South Boston waterfront. The extension means that the hotel will open a year later than the convention center, which is scheduled to open in 2004.

LAS VEGAS-A recent Grubb & Ellis forecast says Las Vegas' resiliency will keep it growing despite the hard economic times. The city always rolls with the punches. And, good opportunities will prevail for well-capitalized investors.

CHICAGO-Two years after Park Ridge, IL-based BJB Partners bought the 47,000-sf former Berghoff brewery for $1.35 million, it sells the property to a condominium developer for $4.5 million.

AURORA, CO-Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, which has designed children's hospitals in Portland and Los Angeles, is chosen for Children's Hospital's facility at the Fitzsimons campus.