STAMFORD, CT-Office availability rates in the northern suburbs of New York City shot up in the first quarter of this year due mainly to corporate restructuring programs that put a large amount of sublease space on the market.

WHITE PLAINS-Westchester County officials say that a total of 30 development firms have expressed interest thus far in building a biomedical research complex in Valhalla that could total as much as one million sf of space.

GREENWICH, CT-Federated Realty Investment Trust reports it has sold a 23,000 sf retail property here for the heady price of $16.5 million.

BETHLEHEM, NY-In a deal valued at $7.2 million, Daisytek, a Texas-based computer and office supplies distribution firm, reports it will retrofit a vacant building here in order to open a new distribution facility.

BETHLEHEM, NY-In a deal valued at $7.2 million, Daisytek, a Texas-based computer and office supplies distribution firm, reports it will retrofit a vacant building here in order to open a new distribution facility that will employ 300 workers.

ROCKY HILL, CT-A report issued by the state's bioscience industry and the State of Connecticut says that investment in bioscience research and development totaled an impressive $3.6 billion last year in the Nutmeg State.

NORWALK, CT-Cushman & Wakefield reports it has brokered a 22,773-sf lease for Dimensional Media Associates at the "Merritt on the River" complex at 20 Glover Ave., here.

WESTPORT, CT-Playtex Products, Inc., reports that it plans to shut down its 55-year old, 120,000-sf plastic molding plant in Watervliet, N.Y., by the end of this year.