ORLANDO-U.S. Bankruptcy Court Trustee R.W. Cuthill Jr. will outline a tentative settlement with the family of convicted conman William J. Zylka of New Vernon, NJ, who sold unregistered mortgage-backed securities for 10 years in an alleged $214 million swindle.

WOODBRIDGE, NJ-According to numbers issued by the NJ office of Julien J. Studley Inc. the drop in rents and increase in vacancies have leveled off, but the crisis of sublease space still looms.

SOMERVILLE, MA-A settlement offer to end a lawsuit that would allow a 173,000-sf Home Depot to be built at Assembly Square Mall is rejected. The lawsuit was brought by an abutter to the 26-acre parcel, which developers have been trying to develop for nearly five years.

LOWELL, MA-Eltech Electronics expands its East-Coast base of operations by doubling its space at 790-800 Chelmsford St. in Connector Park. The Singapore-based electronics equipment manufacturer increased its industrial space from 35,000-sf to 70,000 sf.