BOSTON-Lord & Taylor will remain at 760 Boylston St. in The Prudential Center after all. The retail company neglected to renew the lease on its 125,000-sf store but has reached an agreement with property owner Boston Properties that will keep the store there for another 25 years.

PHILADELPHIA-The communications giant's Mid-Atlantic directory sales unit signs a long-term lease, valued at $2.2 million, at 225 Wilmington West Chester Pike, one of two buildings totaling 90,527 sf in Gateway Corporate Center. Verizon takes Building 225 to above 80% leased.

PASADENA, CA-A partnership including Developers Diversified Realty of Cleveland, Ohio expects to close soon on the purchase of the 560,000-sf shopping center, which opened in September 2001, from Chicago-based Trizec Properties Inc.

BAYONNE, NJ-But city officials here are voicing major concerns, ranging from the environmental impact to the effect on the aesthetics of nearby redevelopment projects.