NEW YORK-Robin Abrams has been appointed the first female chairperson of REBNY's Stores Committee. At the top of her agenda is an initiative that addresses the needs of Downtown retail businesses.

NEW YORK CITY-GlobeSt.com reported on May 11th that a group of commercial brokers were assembling to petition NYSCAR, the commercial branch of NAR, to start a local chapter, and now GlobeSt.com has learned in an exclusive interview that the petition has been accepted.

MORRIS TWP., NJ-Some 81,000 sf of space remains at the new Mt. Kemble Corporate Center after the company leased 40,000 sf in the two-tower, 220,000-sf class A property.

NEW YORK CITY-Over the weekend NAR accepted a bid for a local chapter, which may spur a future MLS. REBNY, the three largest residential firms here and the Downtown Brokers Association are also starting listing initiatives.

NEW YORK CITY-The MLS effort may be dead, but the Manhattan Association of Realtors it set to create its own MLS and get connected to NAR, the largest professional real estate organization, says the group's VP Cornelia A. Netter in an exclusive interview.

NEW YORK CITY-Yesterday (May 10th) several commercial brokerage firms met to elect officers for what could be the first local chapter of the New York State Commercial Association of Realtors, the commercial wing of NAR.

NEW YORK CITY-In an exclusive interview with GlobeSt.com, Marilyn Harra Kaye, president of MLB Kaye International Realty, explains why she submitted her resignation to the MLS board effective yesterday morning, May 2.

NEW YORK CITY-As part of a massive expansion plan, VoiceStream has claimed 4,525 sf at 170 Broadway, its first Downtown location. This lease is the 42nd the company has signed on the East Coast in the past 12 months.