GREENWICH, CT-Antares plans to spend $7 million to acquire a parcel of land off of Round Hill Road here for a luxury housing complex and has recently broken ground on a $50 million gated housing community in Armonk, NY.

NORWALK, CT-Matan Properties, the owner of 535 Connecticut Ave., here has hired CB Richard Ellis as its exclusive leasing agent to find tenants for approximately 135,000 sf of available space at the property.

STAMFORD, CT-Although no one is bringing out the party hats just yet, there are indications that the troubled Fairfield County, CT, office market is showing some signs of a turn around.

NORWALK, CT-HEI Hospitality and two joint venture partners plan to acquire a total of five Marriott Hotels in Atlanta, Detroit and California totaling more than 1,300 rooms from Host Marriott Corp. for $70 million.

NEW BRITAIN, CT-Inland Western Retail Real Estate Trust Inc. of Oak Brook, IL, purchased the CorWest Plaza shopping center here, anchored by Super Stop & Shop, for $33 million.

HARRISON, NY-W&M Properties leased 12,732 sf of space formerly occupied by AT&T at 500 Mamaroneck Ave. here to two affiliated commodities and wine importing companies that currently call Greenwich, CT their home.

CHAPPAQUA, NY-Two weeks after the Altria Group announced it was putting its 625,000-sf complex in Rye Brook on the market for sale, the Reader's Digest Association, Inc. reports it is seeking to secure a buyer for its storied 690,000-sf headquarters campus here.

STAMFORD, CT-GE Real Estate and Champion Partners of Dallas have formed an industrial real estate joint venture. The new partners closed on their first acquisition--a $95-million purchase of 12 properties.