VALHALLA, NY-More than 1,000 dignitaries, hospital staff and well wishers were on hand Thursday for a topping-off ceremony for the $147-million Maria Fareri Children's Hospital and Regional Trauma Center at Westchester Medical Center here.

WHITE PLAINS-In an attempt to expand the reach of its Westin- and Sheraton-flagged hotel facilities into major suburban markets, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., has introduced new prototypes for the hotel brands.

BRISTOL, CT-Danaher Corp. has sold the headquarters building for subsidiary Superior Electric here to a private investment firm for $6.75 million, according to Binswanger/CBB, which brokered the transaction.

WHITE PLAINS-Westchester developer RPW Group has increased its office holdings along Westchester Ave., dubbed the county's "Platinum Mile," with the acquisition of 244 Westchester Ave. for $13.6 million.

WHITE PLAINS, NY-The Hudson Valley's busiest developer--Louis Cappelli--has purchased a site across the street from his $320-million City Center at White Plains development and plans to develop a $300-million mixed-use project there.

YONKERS, NY-Homes For America Holdings, Inc. broke ground on Wednesday on a $12 million, 70,000-sf office building that will serve as the real estate firm's corporate headquarters.

SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY-General Motors and the village of Sleepy Hollow signed an agreement Wednesday that clears all the legal hurdles for the major mixed-use Lighthouse Landing at Sleepy Hollow development to finally move forward.

SYRACUSE, NY-State officials announced on Monday that it will provide $20 million in funding to support the $35-million first phase of a new biotech center to be built near the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry here.