STAMFORD, CT-The year-end 2002 office vacancy rates in Fairfield County continue to show a market trying to cope with a glut of available sublease space, while Westchester County exhibits signs of strengthening, according to officials with Cushman & Wakefield.

LYNNWOOD, WA-Opus Northpointe Corporate Campus' first tenant to cut a deal has moved in. San Jose, Calif.-based Cypress Semiconductor Corp. plans to complete the transition to its new space by the end of the month.

MIAMI-Despite the negative impact from the technology sector, this South Florida city's overall vacancy rate increased less than 1%, according to a year-end office overview by Cushman & Wakefield.

PHOENIX-Harrison Properties of Phoenix is the new owner of a 178,800-sf office and distribution center on the market since mid-2002. The buyer is gaming out a plan to attract new tenants to the shuttered structure on 16 acres on the west side of town.