WHITE PLAINS-Pernod Ricard USA, LLC is seeking assistance from the Westchester County Industrial Development Agency and New York State's Empire State Development Corp. in connection with a plan to consolidate operations here and in Westport, CT into more than 80,000 sf of space at 100 Manhattanville Rd. in Purchase.

WHITE PLAINS-Pernod Ricard USA, LLC is seeking assistance from the Westchester County Industrial Development Agency and New York State's Empire State Development Corp. in connection with a plan to consolidate operations here and in Westport, CT into more than 80,000 sf of space at 100 Manhattanville Rd. in Purchase.

STAMFORD, CT-The law firm Cummings & Lockwood LLC, which has been in practice for 95 years here, will be relocating its headquarters by the end of January to 55,643 sf of space at Reckson Associates' Six Landmark Square building.

WHITE PLAINS-Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. has appointed Kerry D. Hatch president of the St. Regis and the Luxury Collection brands. The former American Express executive becomes the highest-ranking woman with the locally based hotelier.

SUFFERN, NY-Avon Products, Inc. officially opened its $100-million Global Research & Development Center here on Monday at the site where the company first began operations about 118 years ago.

STAMFORD, CT-Developer Seth G. Weinstein of Hannah Real Estate Investors LLC plans to convert an empty 66,000-sf office building here into a 44-unit condominium. The $26-million development will be dubbed "the Metropolitan."

WHITE PLAINS-Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. and its W Hotels division unveils the name of its new franchise select-service brand concept. The company expects to break ground on the first aloft Hotel by early 2006 and plans to have 500 built by 2012.

MAMARONECK, NY-Wiener Family Cos. consolidates its JRD Management Corp. and WWWG Inc. real estate management companies by forming Maxx Properties. The combined entity, which will be headquartered here, manages multifamily assets valued in excess of $725 million.