The Cherry Creek North Neighborhood Association published the results of its recent member survey. The top issue in the neighborhood was Crime and Safety. Zoning /Neighborhood Character was a close second with BID Retail Development well behind in 3rd place. Next came Traffic Within the Neighborhood and Parking nearly tied some distance further behind.

The new Lowry Medical Plaza office building has reached completion in Cross Winds Business Park on Lowry Boulevard. The 2-story 34,000 SF medical office building is adjacent to the 78,000 SF Lowry Medical Center which was build in 2005.

According to Lowry Link, the Buckley Annex redevelopment plan was scheduled to move to the Lowry Redevelopment Authority (LRA) planning review process, starting with a combined meeting of the Lowry Planning/Disposition Subcommittee and the Community Advisory Committee. However, due to comments and questions raised at a neighborhood meeting and by Councilwoman Marcia Johnson, the LRA has extended the process. The LRA will investigate the financial implications of the heights and density represented in the plan. Neighbors argue that the 6 and 7-story residential buildings proposed for the site are too dense. The site is at the SEC East 1st Avenue/Monaco Parkway. The Air Force plans to sell the site to an as yet unselected private developer after the zoning is approved. The parcel is not a formal part of the Lowry Redevelopment, but it is subject to the LRA development review process.

Western Development announced that NorthCreek, the new retail and residential development on Fillmore Plaza in Cherry Creek North has leased 3,000 SF to Hermes, the French luxury store known for handbags and scarves. The former Chase Bank building has been demolished and construction of Phase III of North Creek is underway. Plans for Fillmore Plaza itself have not been announced.

Bill Husted in the Denver Post reports that Chinook Restaurant is moving from 3rd/Detroit to Greenwood Village. The owners, Clemens and Manfred Georg wanted to try moving from garden level to street level space complained that the neighborhood was changing from rich to very wealthy with many empty homes.

Neighborhood Flix has opened in the Tattered Cover complex at the former Lowenstein Theatre on Colfax Avenue. The 3-screen complex is reported by Life on Capitol Hill to have comfortable seats with trays and cup-holders, spacious aisles and a gourmet menu with entrees from $7 to $11 to complement $10 movie tickets.

The Oakbrook Corp. closed on the sale of its 411-unit Uptown Village high-rise apartment complex located at 300 E. 17th Ave in Denver to Maxx Properties for $74.2 million - $180,000 per unit. Amenities include a fitness center and swimming pool, 24-hour maintenance, hair salon and parking. Maxx Properties plans to make a substantial investment in upgrades to the property

C4 Investments has announced an 86-unit apartment project for south Denver. Set for the 1900 block of south University Boulevard, the 11-story development will total 317 bedrooms and have contemporary decor.