NEW YORK CITY-A media company, Omnicom Group Inc. is in talks with a retirement system to lease a larger space in East Side office tower.

NEW YORK CITY-The deepening crisis in the housing market has placed the US government in a quandary regarding policies that will favor current and future homeowners.

DENVER-On Wednesday, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center is formally starting its $128-million expansion in Denver.

WASHINGTON, DC-Ironically, the instrument that triggered the financial crisis, mortgage-backed securities, continues to be the top-performing channel for investment, about three years after the crisis kicked off.

MIAMI-Coral Gables Associates has selected Cushman & Wakefield, commercial real estate brokers and consultants, as exclusive leasing agent for its Columbus Center in Coral Gables.

NEW YORK CITY-Ladas & Parry LLP, an intellectual property law firm, has leased over 24,000 square feet space at 1040 Sixth Avenue for 15 years.

NEW YORK CITY-A subsidiary of Forest City Enterprises, Inc. has wrapped up a 10-year, fixed-rate mortgage loan for $85.0 million on a retail property it owns at 42nd Street in New York City.

NEW YORK CITY-International long-distance telecomm service provider IDB Communications has renewed its lease for 90 John Street for an area of 35,000 square feet in downtown Manhattan.