CHICAGO-Builders Bank's Chairman and CEO Michael Winter is aiming to loan $300 million to entrepreneurial real estate developers before year's end. He ran a $1-billion portfolio at First Bank/Illinois.

DENVER-The largest proposal is an estimated $300 million for a new city and county jail. The Denver Health Medical Center wants $100 million to add two floors and the Auditorium Theatre wants $65 million to expand seating.

DENVER-The global provider of distribution services and facilities agrees to sell nine temperature-controlled distribution facilities to Nordfrost GmbH. The sale generates $36 million in proceeds but a $1 million book loss.

ESCONDIDO, CA-After poring over Census data and reviewing hundreds of cities across the United States, the national magazine's editors chose Escondido, Edisto and Seanbrook islands, SC; Eugene, OR; Hanover, NH; Oxford, Miss. and Tucson, AZ.