DENVER-City council has decided to kick in $53.3 million to a hotel developer to advance a 1,100-room Hyatt as a complement to the expanded Colorado Convention Center. The approval has come after a long night of dissension.

MINNEAPOLIS-The Chicago-based partnership, which recently sold an option to buy an undeveloped subdivision in Rosemount, MN, sells the Kilbourn Depot downtown as well as four acres next to the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds.

SAN DIEGO-Cooley Godwin fills one building and a portion of another in University Towne Centre. Deal is one of the largest-ever office leases in the county.

ORLANDO-Baker Mellon-Stuart Construction Co. is appealing the Federal court verdict won by ADF International, a Coral Springs, FL-based specialty steel fabricator. ADF alleges Mellon-Stuart caused steep cost overruns on the $100-million retail/themed attraction.