GREENWICH, CT-Retail REIT Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. reports it has signed contracts to acquire three shopping centers in the northern suburbs of New York City. The deals will add 260,000 sf of retail space to the firm's suburban portfolio.

STAMFORD, CT-C. Scott Brown, a 26-year veteran in commercial real estate and most recently an executive with GVA Williams in Manhattan, has joined Insignia/ESG as a managing director in the Corporate Services Group of the firm's Westchester-Connecticut offices here.

WHITE PLAINS-Commercial brokers in the northern suburbs of New York City are facing a paradox at the moment. Those involved in office leasing are seeing a slowdown in demand. However, they report that investors have an almost insatiable appetite for commercial product.

WHITE PLAINS-Commercial brokers in the northern suburbs of New York City are facing a paradox at the moment. Those involved in office leasing are seeing a slowdown in demand. However, they report that investors have an almost insatiable appetite for commercial product.

RYE BROOK, N-Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft has doubled its presence in Westchester County and will relocate its banking operations from Rye to 31,520 sf at 6 International Dr. at the Reckson Executive Park here.

WHITE PLAINS-Commercial brokers in the northern suburbs of New York City are facing a paradox at the moment. Those involved in office leasing are seeing a slowdown in demand. However, they report that investors have an almost insatiable appetite for commercial product.

WHITE PLAINS-Two Chevron/Texaco affiliates have signed sublease deals with IBM Corp. totaling approximately 20,000 sf of space at the Westchester One (44 South Broadway) office building in downtown White Plains.

TARRYTOWN, NY-Area commercial broker Scott Benson charges that major relocation deals will likely be on hold in the suburban markets of Westchester and Fairfield until New York City begins to absorb its existing available space.