POUGHKEEPSIE, NY-Revisions to the boundaries of the Poughkeepsie/Dutchess Empire Zone announced by Governor George Pataki in Albany on Wednesday will result in more than $87 million in investment in Dutchess County, state officials contend.

SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY-Roseland Property Company has submitted plans to redevelop the former General Motors assembly plant here into a massive mixed use project that would include 1,562 residential housing units on more than 96 acres.

STAMFORD, CT-Reckson Associates Realty Corp. reports it has signed eight leases totaling 26,232 sf of space, seven of which were for space at the company's Landmark Square office complex here.

YONKERS, NY-A retail merchandising firm headquartered in Queens, NY is considering subleasing more than 400,000 sf of space at the former Saks Fifth Ave. distribution center here from Qwest Communications.

SUFFERN, NY-Specialty fashion retailer Dress Barn Inc. has acquired its corporate headquarters and distribution facility here for $45.2 million. The nearly 900,000-sf complex also houses warehouse and distribution operations for Xerox and Par Pharmaceuticals.

WESTPORT, CT-About five months after a successful management buyout of the company. Michael Allen Co., a management consulting firm, has changed its corporate headquarters address here. The firm has signed a lease for 7,629 sf at 8 Wright St.

WHITE PLAINS-In the largest lease deal so far this year in Westchester County, Ameriquest Mortgage Company has signed a 118-000-sf long-term lease for its wholesale lending subsidiary Argent Mortgage at the former Kraft General Foods facility at 333 Westchester Ave. here.

DANBURY, CT-Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. reports that it plans to close a total of three manufacturing facilities in Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania in the next 60 days.