NEW YORK CITY-Law firm Morrison & Foerster has committed to 180,000 square feet at the 39-story tower, which had reached grade level before being sidelined in 2009.

New office development means financing, which means pre-leasing, which means lining up financing so you have something to pre-lease.

NEW YORK CITY-Morgans Hotel Group will continue managing the Morgans and Royalton, which it sold to FelCor for a combined $140 million.

NEW YORK CITY-The private equity firm had bought the debt on the 504,000-square-foot office property in March, according to earlier reports.

NEW YORK CITY-A $150-million repositioning program is planned by the partnership of the two REITs, Broadway Partners and Investcorp.

NEW YORK CITY-Antitrust concerns weighed prominently in the move by Nasdaq OMX and ICE to scrap their plan to buy up NYSE Euronext.

NEW YORK CITY-The investment and management company’s CEO talks about the uptick in deal flow for retail, the leasing outlook and his acquisition criteria.

STAMFORD, CT-CBRE says the sale of the 85,723-square-foot property is the first significant office deal in the market since 2008.