MIDDLEBURY, CT-The 320,000-sf world headquarters of Crompton Corp. at 199 Benson Road here has been sold to an affiliate of the Hampshire Cos. of Morristown, NJ, for $30 million, according to CB Richard Ellis.

WHITE PLAINS, NY-Lillian Vernon Corp. has signed a lease for 12 years for 52,652 sf at 445 Hamilton Ave., part of MetLife's White Plains Plaza complex here. The catalog and on-line retailer will relocate its headquarters operations from Rye by the fall of this year.

LIBERTY, NY-The developer of the proposed $46-million arts center project to be built on the grounds of the famed Woodstock Festival has selected Suffolk Construction Co. of Boston as its construction manager. The project should break ground this summer.

ALBANY, NY-Gov. George Pataki has formed the Harriman Campus Development Corp. whose mission is to redevelop the 300-acre W. Averill Harriman State Office Building Campus here into a world-class research and development park.

RYE, NY-Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. of Greenwich, CT, has acquired 42,000 sf of prime retail space, including the Biltmore Shopping Center here, for $10.9 million from North American Properties of Rye.

WEST HAVEN, CT-Westrock Development LLC of Yonkers, NY has purchased the former Elm City Door Co. building here and is planning to undertake a major renovation of the 56,000-sf industrial building that has sat vacant for several years.

LARCHMONT, NY-A retail chain that specializes in helping consumers sell wares to online buyers plans to open a location here at the Village Square Shopping Center next month. DropShop Store Inc. also plans to open additional locations in Westchester and Connecticut later this year.

MONTICELLO, NY-The Cayuga Nation of New York and Empire Resorts Inc. received a key endorsement that has moved its proposed $500-million casino to be built near Monticello Raceway here a step closer to reality.