The city announced on Tuesday it selected the New York University Tandon School of Engineering to develop and operate a hub for virtual reality and augmented reality at the Brooklyn Navy Yard with a workforce development center at CUNY Lehman College in the Bronx.

The Williamsburg, Brooklyn-based retailer plans to open a new 18,000-square-foot store at the Rivertowns Square development by the end of this year.

Proposed plans for the vacant county courthouse include approximately 125 new units of residential housing and ancillary amenity space, with half of the units rented at market rates and the remaining units designated for workforce housing.

Here is a roundup of the latest leases, sales and other transactions in the Northeast middle markets.

Needleman was a SVP at CBRE prior to joining Newmark. In his new post, he will be a tenant representative specialist focusing on the financial services, as well as the TAMI (technology, advertising, media, information) sectors.

Average annual wages earned by city construction workers increased by an estimated 5.4% in 2016, which represents the highest annual percentage increase since 2007.

The property, now branded as “DTX399,” totals approximately 77,000 square feet and was the former home of a Barnes & Noble store that closed more than a decade ago.

Anton, a 20-year veteran of the New York City real estate investment sector, has spent the last three years as a senior managing director at HFF where he specialized in office and residential investment deals.