BROOMFIELD - Re/Max Alliance, a Re/Max realty franchise with 21 offices along the Front Range, including four in the Boulder Valley, has acquired fellow franchise Re/Max Horizons with two offices in Broomfield and Firestone.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The acquisition will increase Re/Max Alliance's presence in the Boulder Valley with the addition of the Broomfield office to its offices in Boulder, Louisville, Longmont and Nederland. The franchise now has more than 850 agents in 23 offices across Colorado, and it is the third-largest Re/Max franchise in the world, company officials said.

Through its worldwide franchises, Re/Max provides residential and commercial realty services.

"When the opportunity to acquire Re/Max Horizons and its vibrant Broomfield location, we knew instinctively that it was a very solid strategic move," said Chad Ochsner, broker and co-owner of Re/Max Alliance.

"With the ConocoPhillips campus scheduled to commence construction on the former StorageTek land in 2012 or 2013, our agents in Broomfield and elsewhere should enjoy a wealth of relocation opportunities," Ochsner said.

Mike Scott, managing broker with Re/Max Alliance in Louisville, will now manage the added Broomfield location while continuing management duties in Louisville.

EXPANDING LEASE: Science Applications International Corp. or SAIC, has renewed and expanded its lease at 105 Technology Drive in Broomfield's Interlocken Advanced Technology Environment business park.

The Virginia-based scientific, engineering and technology applications company signed a lease for 22,570 square feet, increasing its space from 19,048 square feet.

Eric Carlborn with Jones Lang LaSalle and John Fefley with San Diego-based Westcore Properties, which owns the building, helped broker the deal.

FLATIRON CROSSING LEASES: The Village at Flatiron Crossing, the outdoor portion of the mall in Broomfield, has signed six new retail leases, including:

• 19,617 square feet to Guru Motorsports, a motorcycle, scooter and all-terrain-vehicle store.

• 3,624 square feet to At Altitude, a bike fashions and accessory store.

• 3,501 square feet to Rustic Ranch Relics, a western fashions and home décor store.

• 2,751 square feet to Color Me Mine, a paint-your-own pottery studio.

• 1,989 square feet to Knock Your Socks Off, a socks, leggings and tights store.

• 1,324 square feet to Street Legal Pizza, a new restaurant.



BROOMFIELD LEASES: 360networks, a Seattle-based communications products and services company, signed a lease for 7,004 square feet of space at 370 Interlocken Blvd. The company moved from Louisville. Chris Phenicie and David Hart with CB Richard Ellis and Bill Baldwin with Cresa Partners helped broker the deal.

• A.G. Spanos, a California homebuilder and owner of the new Catania apartments along Northwest Parkway in Broomfield, signed a lease for 3,923 square feet of space at 7070 W. 117th Ave.

BOULDER

STORAGE SPACE: A Lone Tree-based company has purchased five Boulder properties with nearly 250,000 square feet of self-storage space for $26 million.

SecureCare Self Storage purchased the facilities at 4545 and 4667 Broadway, 5815 and 6338 Arapahoe Road, and 6405 Odell Place from Pennsylvania-based U-Store-It (NYSE: YSI), according to Boulder County public records.

SecureCare bought the properties through the HVP Storage II LLC name, funded by investors through Chicago-based investment company Heitman Capital Management LLC.

The new Boulder properties are familiar to SecureCare - it previously owned them before selling them to U-Store-It for $31.6 million in May 2006, according to public records.

"We're happy to have them back in our portfolio," a spokesman for the company said.

SecureCare has more than 100 self-storage facilities in Colorado and nine other states.

FREQUENT FLYERS: After 22 years, a local aerial dance studio is spreading its wings and finding a new nest in Boulder.

Frequent Flyers Productions Inc. signed a lease for 4,084 square feet at 3022 East Sterling Circle and expects to open the new class and rehearsal space in January 2010.

"We're expanding ... and it's the first time we'll have dedicated space for the school," said Nancy Smith, founder and artistic director of Frequent Flyers. The nonprofit school previously leased space out of the Dairy Center for the Arts in Boulder.

The new location will allow Frequent Flyers to offer more class options - including after-school programming for children and evening and weekend classes for adults. There will be classes for novices and professionals, Smith said.

The nonprofit is looking for donations for its new location, including a wish list of crash pads, lockers, locker room benches, sound equipment, folding chairs and tables, a small refrigerator, microwave and cork bulletin boards.

Performances will continue to be held at the Dairy Center and in venues across the Front Range.

Frequent Flyers' next show, "Swing into the Holidaze," will be Dec. 11-13 and Dec. 18-20 at the Dairy Center.



HOUSING GRANT: Boulder Housing Partners has been awarded $12 million in federal tax credits, which it will sell to raise money for the redevelopment of a local mobile home park.

The city's housing authority will receive $1.2 million a year in tax credits for 10 years from the Colorado Housing Finance Authority. The sale of those credits at a discount is expected to generate approximately $8.8 in equity for the redevelopment of Boulder Mobile Manor at 2637 Valmont Road.

Boulder Housing Partners is replacing the former 66 mobile homes with 59 permanently affordable units, including single-family homes, duplexes and triplexes. The site is being renamed Red Oak Park and will include a new community center and two parks. The entire development will be certified Leadership in Energy and Efficient Design, Neighborhoods.

Boulder-based Coburn Development is the project's architect and general contractor.

Construction is slated to begin in March 2010, with rentals beginning in the summer of 2011. The city already contributed about $3 million in funds for the deconstruction and predevelopment work on the property.

Former Boulder Mobile Manor residents were relocated in October 2008. It is estimated that one-quarter to one-third of the original 66 families will move into the new homes. All rents at Red Oak Park will be approximately 20 percent to 50 percent less than similar rental units in Boulder.

LOUISVILLE

LOUISVILLE LEASES: Colorado Plastic Products Inc., a distributor, signed a lease for 6,300 square feet of flex space at 550 S. Arthur Ave., Unit 600. The company expanded from its location in Boulder. Chris Boston and Ashley Overton with Gibbons-White Inc. helped broker the deal.

• FedEx and Print Services Inc. signed a lease for 3,980 square feet of retail space at 976 Dillon Road, Suite 400. Paige Coker Heiman with Acquire helped broker the deal.

Contact David Clucas at 303-440-4950 or dclucas@bcbr.com.