GRANBY, CO-The Grand Elk Marina & Beach Club will be an integral component of the $420-million resort community. Grand Elk Partners and marina owner Dan Bowater will team up on the project.

DENVER-The global provider of distribution services and facilities provides space in ProLogis Park Piacenza in Milan, Italy to Piacenza Logistica, which signed a 12-year lease for 217,527 sf.

DENVER-The chairman, CEO and founder of Apartment Investment and Management Co. says the economy will pull out of the current downturn next spring or next summer, and won't be as severe as the 1980s versions.

DENVER-The current vacancy rate of 6.8% compares to 7.4% 11 years ago, when the area was coming out of a real estate depression. Concessions have cropped up and are expected to continue.

DENVER-Developers pulled permits for 976 multifamily units in August, down less than 2% from August 2000. However, permits pulled through the first eight months of 2001 represent a 6.7% increase over the same period last year.

DENVER-Downtown Denver Partnership is cited for developing, preserving and protecting 43 historic buildings in the Central Business District.The International Downtown Association says the city's approach canbe repeated elsewhere.

BROOMFIELD, CO-Fourteen screens come to the the outdoor streets of boutiques and restaurants in the $220-million FlatIron Crossing regional mall. Developers hope to jump-start the Village at Flatiron portion of the retail center.

DENVER-Fuller and Co. senior vice president Tim D'Angelo heads the 1,500-member Denver Metropolitan Commercial Association of Realtors. John Propp, broker-owner of Propp Property, is president-elect.