BOULDER - Transwestern, a Houston-based commercial real estate firm with offices in Denver, is opening a leasing office in Boulder.

Transwestern hired Bucky Dilts and Rick Schreck as leasing specialists at the new office. The company provides leasing, tenant representation and property management services.

The new office will be at 1050 Walnut St., a building that Transwestern manages in Boulder. It also manages space in the Canyon Center at 1881 9th St. and on University Hill at 1310 College Ave. and 1114/1155 13th St. for a total of 216,553 square feet in the area. Transwestern manages 10.5 million square feet in Denver.

Dilts has lived in Boulder for more than 30 years and is Tranwestern's designated green leasing specialist in the Denver/Boulder area. Schreck is a 26-year commercial real estate veteran, in Boulder County since 1992.

"Companies are usually either good at property management or leasing," Schreck said. "Transwestern is good at both and offers a full range of real estate services."

Dilts said he's looking to help Transwestern expand its green real estate services. The company can help advise clients on new green buildings, green tenant finishes or retrofitting an existing space to be more green.

BALL BUILDING SOLD: A 20,962-square-foot manufacturing building occupied by Ball Aerospace has sold for $2.75 million

Boulder-based Westland Development Services Inc., headed by Peter Aweida, bought the building at 1705 Range St. Boulder-based Along Range LLC was the seller.

"We have a few other buildings in that area, and we're familiar will Ball (Aerospace) as a tenant, so when it came up for sale, we thought it was a good deal for us," Aweida said.

The building is 100 percent leased to Ball Aerospace through Nov. 2012.

EXPANDING: First RF Corp., a Boulder-based antenna developer and manufacturer, is expanding its operations in the city.

The company signed a lease for an additional 6,150 square feet of space at 1990 57th Court. It already leases about 30,000 square feet at 4865 Sterling Drive and another 4,500 square feet in a nearby building.

Arn Hayden and Greg Baumer with Freeman Myre and Danny Lindau with The Colorado Group helped broker the deal.

In total, First RF Corp. leases about 40,650 square feet and employs 70 people full time and 30 people temporarily.

"We're seeing steady growth ... primarily in our production and research lab facilities," said Theresa Boone, the company's chief operating officer.

The company has both government and commercial clients.

Founded in 2003, First RF Corp. has been granted 55 U.S. Defense Department contracts from 2003 to 2007 valued at $37.8 million, according to public records.

RESEARCH SPACE: The National Ecological Observatory Network has signed a lease for 28,779 square feet at 5340 Airport Road to move and expand its offices in Boulder.

The Washington D.C.-based federally funded research lab, which studies long-term climate, land use and ecological changes, is more than tripling its space. It will move from 8,700 square feet at 3223 Arapahoe Ave in Boulder.

Russell Lee and Ronan Truesdale with Keys Commercial helped broker the deal.

BOULDER LEASES: WhiteDove Herbals Inc., an organic herbal wellness product company, signed a lease for 3,120 square feet of flex space at 1110 Delaware Ave., Units D and E. Angela Rookey with Gibbons-White Inc. helped broker the deal

¥ Boulder Gynecology signed a lease for 2,000 square feet of medical office space at 4800 Riverbend Road, Suite 200. The business moved from its previous location at 2855 Valmont Road. Lynda Gibbons with Gibbons-White Inc. helped broker the deal.

¥ Rocky Mountain Dermatology signed a lease for 1,772 square feet of space at 2400 Spruce St., Suite 101. Annie Lund and Lynda Gibbons with Gibbons-White Inc. and Paige Coker Heiman with Acquire helped broker the deal.

NEW PROPERTY MANAGER: The Macerich Co. has named Kim Campbell as senior property manager for FlatIron Crossing and Twenty Ninth Street shopping centers in Broomfield and Boulder, respectively.

Campbell will replace Hugh Crawford who took on the job managing the two properties jointly early this year.

Campbell is returning to Macerich after serving as the company's senior property manager at the Redmond Town Center near Seattle.

LONGMONT

DOT HILL EXPANSION: Dot Hill Systems Corp. (Nasdaq:HILL) signed two leases for an additional 13,733 square feet of space at 1351 S. Sunset St. The California-based data-storage firm now leases approximately 57,000 square feet of space in The Campus at Longmont business park, operated by Circle Capital.

Joe Heath, Scott Garel and Don Misner with Frederick Ross along with Becky Gamble, Hunter Barto and Dryden Dunsmore with Dean Callan & Co. helped broker the deal.

ATTORNEYS MOVE: Grant, Grant & Goiran LLP is moving its offices from 436 Coffman St. to 275 S. Main St., Suite 201 The law office will lease 4,733 square feet at its new location. Annie Lund and Lynda Gibbons with Gibbons-White Inc. and Keith Kanemoto with Prudential Rocky Mountain Realtors helped broker the deal.

LOUISVILLE

RECORD THIS EXPANSION: Boulder Imaging Inc., a manufacturer of high-performance, real-time digital video recording systems, is expanding its operations in Louisville.

The company is more than tripling its space to 6,555 square feet at 1500 Cherry St., Suite C in the Colorado Technology Center business park due to increased business.

Boulder Imagining manufactures the software and hardware systems to handle recorded high-quality video in real-time speed for image processing, image analysis, playback and data archiving.  The company serves both military and commercial clients.

Boulder Imaging plans to add several positions with its expansion.

LAFAYETTE

RELIGIOUS REAL ESTATE:  The First Christian Church of Boulder has purchased a new church building in Lafayette.

First Christian purchased the 5,951-square-foot church at 1700 Stonehenge Drive in Lafayette for $1.9 million, according to Boulder County public records.

First Christian had been looking for a new location after agreeing to sell its 12,000-square-foot church at 950 28th St. in Boulder to local developer Jim Chanin. Chanin plans to redevelop the iconic A-frame church as part his mixed-use development called Landmark Lofts.

St. Luke Orthodox Christian Church, which currently occupies the church in Lafayette, sold the building to First Christian. St. Luke's online newsletter indicates that the congregation plans to build a new church and move to Erie.

NEW LOCATION: The owner of Aspen Family Services has purchased a building for her family counseling business.

Marsa Williams, along with her husband, Ken, purchased the 16,692-square-foot flex building at 450 Courtney Way in Lafayette for $1,725,000, according to Boulder County public records.

The family counseling business will occupy about 10,000 square feet in the building, and an existing tenant occupies the remaining 6,700 square feet, said Terry Kruegel, who helped broker the deal for The Colorado Group.

Aspen Family Services plans to move  by January.

BROOMFIELD

WHITEWAVE EXPANSION: WhiteWave Foods Co., a subsidiary of Dean Foods Co., signed a lease for an additional 9,850 square feet of space at 295 Interlocken Blvd. The Broomfield-based organic and alternative dairy producer now leases nearly 150,000 square feet of space at Interlocken Advanced Technology Environment business park.

Joe Heath, Scott Garel and Don Misner with Frederick Ross helped broker the deal.

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