WASHIGNTON, DC-Freddie Mac reported that the average interest rates on fixed loans for 30 years increased 4.21% in the latest week, while last week, the value was 4.19%.

LONGWOOD, FL-Cotter-Ryan Commercial LLC has began constructing a medical office building/ambulatory surgery center measuring 8,500 square feet and site work for medical office outparcels, which totals 27,000 square feet of building pads, situated on US 441 in Ocala.

CHICAGO-Playboy Enterprises Inc. has placed its headquarters space situated in 680 N. Lake Shore Drive for sublease.

NEW YORK CITY-Swedish-based Eton has inked a lease agreement for 10 years with SL Green Realty Corp. for 1,500 square feet located at 625 Madison Ave.

BALTIMORE-The federal government and city officials have announced that the US General Services Administration has selected the JBG Companies to construct a 538,000-square-foot, $150 million office complex for the Social Security Administration.

NEW YORK CITY-Planet Fitness' local franchisee has recently inked a lease for 15 years with Crown Acquisitions for 18,000 square feet at 490 Fulton St., situated between Elm Place and Bond Street in downtown Brooklyn.

NEW YORK CITY-The Poulakakos family is opening, Harry's Italian, its new concept at 30 Rock for Christmas.

NEW YORK CITY-Banana Republic, a division of Gap Inc., has subleased its 15,000 square feet of space at 524 Broadway on the southeast corner of Spring Street in SoHo neighborhood to Aritzia, a Canada-based retailer, until 2014.