NEW HAVEN-The city sets a deadline of April 1 for those interested in developing the former site of the New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum here.

STAMFORD, CT-The Westport, CT company taps Albert B. Ashforth Inc. to manage three of its office buildings in Connecticut and Westchester.

WHITE PLAINS-Locally based REIT acquires a portfolio of 11 self-storage properties totaling 933,000 sf in the New York metro area from American Storage Properties North LLC.

MELVILLE, NY-Leasehold interests in four retail stores in New York and New Jersey will head to the auction block next month after 91 years in business.

NEW HAVEN-Soft employment growth will adversely impact the office markets in Fairfield and New Haven counties this year, predict two new reports.

WESTPORT, CT-With building permit in hand, construction work has begun on the 37,000-sf Crate & Barrel store on Post Road here. The retailer plans to open its doors this summer.

HARTFORD-New Boston Fund sells the office tower here to a Short Hills, NJ-based investor in a deal sources say is worth approximately $18 million.

AKWESASNE, NY-The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe asks Congress to conduct an investigation of the Department of Interior's decision to reject the tribe's casino in Monticello.