DENVER-Girls Inc., a nonprofit service agency, is undertaking a $4.5-million, two-building project adjacent to its existing facility along W. Colfax Avenue. The project calls for a 14,000-sf multiuse center and 6,000-sf gym.

LAFAYETTE, CO-A subsidiary of Northrop Grumman inks the first deal at the Lafayette Corporate Campus. Logicon Commercial Information Services is taking 42,000 sf at the Etkin Johnson Group park.

DENVER-Bedford Property is beefing up its Denver portfolio, buying three buildings for about $21.5 million from Prime West. The property is close to Bedford's under-construction 206,000-sf Waterpark@Briarwood project.

WESTMINSTER, CO-Prime West's $14-million office project has suddenly shifted gears, going from a spec development to a build-to-suit. Voyant Technologies has signed a five-year lease for an 85,000 sf structure.

DENVER-It's looking rosy for Design Fabricators, which has just sealed a $5-million loan for its 199,116-sf industrial property. A Wall Street conduit firm is financing the transaction that carries a 75% loan-to-value ratio.

DENVER-One of the nation's largest manufactured homebuilders is rewarding its shareholders of record as of Dec. 15. A fourth-quarter dividend of .515-cents per share will be distributed Dec. 29.

PARKER, CO-A Douglas County retail and office project gets a green light from nearly $5.4 million in loans that have been secured for developer Cimarron Investment Properties. L.J. Melody has arranged the financing package for Twenty-Mile Station.

AURORA, CO-WorldPark developer Chris Fellows is taking his $500-million plan to Arapahoe County's jurisdiction as a result of an election rejection by Aurora voters. Fellows blames the owners of a competing racetrack for the balloting results