COLORADO SPRINGS, CO-An 11-acre retail project will team new with old, utilizing a quaint country village design for structures. The eight-building project will feature a 1.5-acre park with amphitheater.

LOUISVILLE, CO-A $12 million, 77,000-sf second phase launches this month at the Coal Creek Business Park, situated in a Boulder suburb. The developer is negotiating to lease the entire space to two companies.

DENVER-It's time to merge, says a Denver businessman who bought two REITS four years ago. The REITS not only have been sharing identical housing markets, but also its management.

DENVER-Two class A office structures, totaling 135,000 sf, bring $22.8 million from Farmers New World Life Insurance Co. Only structures inside the Denver Technological Center and a recent quiet sale of the Time Warner building have commanded higher prices.

DENVER-The city has set a Sept. 15 deadline for developers and Marriott to present a project agreement that council likes. The development team wants to build a $217 million, 1,100-room Marriott Hotel across from the site of a new convention center.

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO.-A 33-year-old apartment complex sells for $8.3 million in a market where top dollar is being asked and given for properties. The cost per unit is $65,873 for this transaction.

BOULDER, CO-A decades-long wait is over in Boulder, where a developer openly discusses plans for a $30 million, 150,000-sf luxury hotel for a key piece of downtown property. Plans for the St. Julien Hotel have been kept hushed for five years. Now, the developer's talking.

DENVER-Going to the movies isn't going to be as simple as it used to be, with United Artists continuing closings nationwide in a debt restructuring strategy. UA's president says he's "not at all thrilled" with second-quarter reports.