MILWAUKEE-Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants intends to build a 158-room hotel on a parking lot in the Third Ward here. The project would be the chain's first in Milwaukee.

WASHINGTON, DC-The Gray administration has informed Donohue Development that the district is cutting its ties with the firm in connection with the development of a hotel on city-owned property in the Mount Vernon Triangle.

HOBOKEN, NJ-New Jersey Transit and LCOR Inc., the developers of the proposed Hudson Place mixed-use project here, have floated a number of ideas to protect the 2.9-million-square-foot development from future storms.

NORTHVALE, NJ-A project to expand the existing ShopRite supermarket here and add a new 24,500-square-foot freestanding building here could break ground in May.

MOONACHIE NJ-The Obama administration warns that about 9% of Superstorm Sandy relief aid could be cut this year and as much as $3 billion in storm assistance over the next 10 years if automatic spending cuts are instituted.

NEW YORK CITY-Bank Leumi USA has signed a lease for 60,000 square feet at 579 Fifth Ave. and will shift operations from the Graybar Building on Lexington Avenue.

NEW YORK-Barnes & Noble Inc.'s Chairman Leonard Riggio is said to be considering buying out the company's bookstore portfolio.

NEW YORK CITY-Restaurateur Peter Poulakakos has signed a contract to run the marketplace at the World Financial Center.