DARIEN, CT-Executives with CB Richard Ellis say that the Westchester office market will continue to improve this year, while most markets in Fairfield County appear poised to take advantage of an improving economy.

NEW CITY, NY-Rockland County executive C. Scott Vanderhoef and chief officials with the County of Rockland Industrial Development Agency announced a plan that would expand the IDA's powers to provide incentives to developers of affordable housing projects in the county.

GREENWICH, CT-Starwood Capital Group Global LLC has backed the launch of a new national multifamily investment firm in Seattle that will be headed by Brian Ward, formerly of Olympic Investors, who has been named CEO of the new venture.

GREENWICH, CT-Hedge fund Paloma Partners has signed a long-term lease renewal for 105,000 sf of space at the Greenwich American Centre here. The deal keeps the complex at 85% leased.

ERWIN, NY-Chief officials of Corning Inc., along with a host of state and local dignitaries, were on hand to open the company's $200 million clean air products plant here.

ALBANY, NY-CommerceHub, a business-to-business e-commerce solutions firm, reports it will relocate its corporate headquarters from Clifton Park, NY, to 255 Fuller Rd. at the Albany NanoTech campus here.

GREENBURGH, NY-Dannon Co. Inc. has signed a lease deal for more than 50,000 sf of space at 100-150 Hillside Ave. here. The dairy products company will relocate their existing US headquarters operations from 120 White Plains Rd. in Tarrytown by this fall.

HARRISON, NY-In a study that pitted Connecticut against New York, Nokia Inc. reports it has chosen Westchester County as the site for its new regional corporate headquarters. The deal involves an investment by the mobile communications firm of approximately $37 million.