NEW YORK CITY-US Labor Secretary Elaine Chao and two of the city's most influential construction association leaders along with FDNY and local government officials will meet Tuesday at noon to sign an historic agreement on worker safety at the World Trade Center site.

NEW YORK CITY-Despite neighborhood opponents' protests, a 51-story high-rise residential tower to be built at Eighth Avenue and 47th Street was approved Friday by the city's Land Use Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises. Originally proposed as a 62-story building, the project has undergone numerous height and design changes. But opponents see the project as one more nail in Hell's Kitchen's coffin.

NEW YORK CITY-The State of New York's Office of the Court of Claims is moving into permanent Downtown space, a law firm expands its Penn Station-area offices and a chemical company relocates to the same neighborhood.

NEW YORK CITY-The financial services giant will sublet 10 floors of newly renovated space in the 1.2 million-sf office tower at the intersection of South and Water Streets, once the southernmost Manhattan skyscraper.

NEW YORK CITY-SEIU 32BJ, which represents service workers at roughly 1,000 local buildings, has forged a three-year commercial contract with the Realty Advisory Board more than six weeks before the current agreement is set to expire. The contract will be presented to the union's 70,000 members for ratification.

ALLENTOWN, PA-The CBD revitalization initiative here moves forward with today's unveiling of plans for a major commercial development that officials say will be instrumental in creating jobs and anchoring the downtown area.

NEW YORK CITY-Cushman & Wakefield executive vice president John B. Coppedge III has put the firm's new International Services Group into play, signaling a major restructuring of C&W's approach to multinational client services.

NEW YORK CITY-Cushman & Wakefield executive vice president John B. Coppedge III has put the firm's new International Services Group into play, signaling a major restructuring of C&W's approach to multinational client services.