WHITE PLAINS-DLC Management Corp. has approximately 800,000 sf of retail space under contract to buy in markets such as Atlanta and Washington D.C. and hopes to close on the deals during the first quarter of this year, according to company officials.

STAMFORD, CT-W&M Properties reports that financial services firm Jefferies & Company, Inc., has expanded its presence at the firm's Metro Center complex here and Cartesis, Inc., an affiliate of PricewaterhouseCoopers, will also increase its office space requirement, but will relocate its offices from Metro Center to W&M's MerrittView complex in Norwalk.

BRIDGEPORT, CT-Advance Auto Parts has signed a 10-year sublease and will occupy 2969 Main St., an 11,180-sf free-standing building that was formerly occupied by Rite-Aid.

STAMFORD, CT-Insignia/ESG says that leasing activity from government, institutional and social-service sectors as well as a 183,000-sf commitment by IKEA Corp., late in the year, caused office availability rates in New Haven County to fall sharply in 2002.

WHITE PLAINS-An affiliate of Cappelli Enterprises of Valhalla has closed on the $13.9 million sale of a parcel in downtown White Plains where it plans to build a $300-million mixed-use development that will include a Westin hotel, luxury condominiums and an office tower.

WHITE PLAINS-Officials representing New York Life Insurance Co. say the storied insurer will make a decision on whether to relocate approximately 1,000 employees from its Manhattan offices to either a site in Westchester or New Jersey by the end of March.

ORANGEBURG-In front of about 100 local and international dignitaries here, Olympus Industrial America Inc. opened its new 60,000-sf building that will serve as the firm's North American headquarters facility.

PURCHASE, NY-Bresnan Communications is almost doubling its presence in Westchester County and will be relocating from White Plains to 28,000-sf of space at The Centre at Purchase here, according to officials with Insignia/ESG which brokered the deal.