WESTPORT, CT-Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. has signed a lease for 17,070 sf of space at 285 Riverside Ave. here, the former headquarters of Marketing Corporation of America.

WEST HARTFORD, CT-Pinnacle Communities has received $2 million in mezzanine debt financing that has prompted the builder to begin the final phase of the Promenade at the Reservoir senior housing project here.

TARRYTOWN, NY-Progenics Pharmaceuticals Inc. has nearly doubled its space at the Landmark at Eastview complex here. The firm now leases approximately 80,000 sf of office and lab space at the property.

STAMFORD, CT-Norelco Consumer Products has decided to keep its corporate headquarters at 1010 Washington Blvd. here. The firm, in fact, has extended its lease for 37,000 sf of space at the property.

MIDDLETOWN, NY-National Realty & Development Corp. secures three tenants: Annie Sez, Payless ShoeSource and Burlington Coat Factory to fill the more than 100,000-sf former Super Kmart department store space at the Orange Plaza.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY-The developer of the 450,000-sf New Roc City entertainment center here has sold a majority interest in the project to Entertainment Properties Trust in a deal valued at more than $53 million.

DOVER, NY-The purchaser, Dover Knolls Development Co. LLC has preliminary plans to turn the property into a mixed-use development of senior assisted living residences, retail stores and recreational facilities.

WATERBURY, CT-Oak Brook, IL-based Inland Retail Real Estate Trust Inc. acquired the Naugatuck Valley Shopping Center here for $49.2 million from Starwood Ceruzzi Naugatuck of Fairfield, CT.