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While Denver was hosting urban planners from 18 nations recently for a conference on green space, residents were launching a campaign to preserve 155 acres of open space at the Park Hill Golf Course, which was sold to a developer last month.

These Save Open Space Denver advocates say they’re fighting to ensure breathing room amid a citywide thickening of traffic, jam-packed apartments and rising heat. They’re focusing on the Park Hill land as a last relatively inexpensive chance to move toward a balance between nature and development that city leaders traditionally aspired to in the goal of making Denver “a city within a park.”

Nature in cities has emerged as a global challenge, with more than half of humanity now living in urban areas and a projected 2.5 billion more people expected to live in cities by 2050. Denver officials face rising concerns that the city is failing to ensure sufficient green space.

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It was 8:15 Tuesday morning and the greenhouse was just waking up for the day.

Spurred by an electrical panel that serves as its brain, its roof vents had popped open, letting in the cool, morning air.

Meanwhile, the human staff of Altius Farms was already busy doing its work. Moving among rows of aeroponic growing towers the pickers plucked leafy greens, herbs and edible flowers like Genovese basil and red Russian kale, washed them and packed them in coolers.

Within hours the harvest would be distributed to some of Altius’ three dozen odd regular and seasonal customers in the Denver area including top restaurants and grocers like Choice Market and Marczyk Fine Foods.

“If you grew this in California and transported it here, it wouldn’t taste nearly this strong,” Altius co-founder and CEO Sally Herbert said, holding up a particularly spicy variety of mustard leaf. “After 1,500 miles in and out of cold storage, the flavor degrades. The nutrient density degrades, too. As much as 80 ..

“For the first time in a generation, the city of Atlanta is in high demand. People increasingly want to live in an intown location, and this growth is helpful and necessary, but not growth for growth’s sake.”

“Cube farms” and private spaces have given way to giant rooms with minimal if any barriers between desks. These open floorplans have detractors as well as cheerleaders, with studies finding mixed results in their efficiency, but they seem here to stay.

Advocate Aurora Health Care held a ceremony Friday and provided tours for its newest outpatient center at 84South in Greenfield, which the system’s executives say fits the trend for providing more care and procedures in outpatient settings.

The five-story, 130,00-square-foot center is scheduled to open on Monday, Aug. 5. Milwaukee Business Journal photographer Kenny Yoo provides an inside look at the new facility in this slide show.

“This 84South facility is actually one of the very largest…

The CSO of The Shopping Center Group says that as more consumers shop online or frequent smaller local stores, tenants – including anchor stores – have closed. To stay financially secure, these large establishments have had to reinvent themselves.

“We are contemplating some changes to the interior of the building, and we are working on what we can offer, whether that’s retail or commercial,” Kirpatrick tells Atlanta Business Chronicle.

A joint venture between Holualoa Cos. and Epic Real Estate Partners purchased Scottsdale North Marketplace, a 68,522-square-foot retail center at Scottsdale and Lone Mountain roads for $16 million.

Scottsdale North Marketplace is approximately 75% occupied and anchored by an AJ’s Fine Foods and a variety of local and national retail, medical and service tenants.

“This is a tremendous project in an ideal location with a strong anchor tenant in AJ’s Fine Foods,” said Stan Shafer, COO of…

Songy Highroads LLC just filed plans in Atlanta for the hotel that could be branded a Hyatt Centric.

A four-bedroom Rowes Wharf penthouse overlooking the Boston Harbor, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway and city skyline is on the market for $16 million.

The 15-room unit, Penthouse No. 6, includes three terraces and a double-height foyer. A grand entertaining room, located on the entire top level, features 27-foot ceilings.

“The sprawling floor plan incorporates over 7,200 square feet of architecturally striking living space featuring ceiling heights otherwise unimaginable in Boston luxury…