STAMFORD, CT-A major portion of the 175,000 sf of space at 400 Atlantic St. here that American Express Co. had leased in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center will soon be coming available on the sublease market.

WASHINGTON, DC-Transwestern Commercial Services and Delta Associates choose DC Mayor Anthony Williams and real estate company Quadrangle Development Corporation as their public and private trendsetters of the year.

BOSTON-Hotel occupancy rates here continue their downward trend but the Ritz Carlton Boston says it will reopen its doors next October, a year after closing for a $45-million renovation. The hotel closed three months earlier than planned, due to the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

TEMPLE, TX-Echo Station, a 19th century post office and train station now in the municipal bounds of Temple, is the construction site of a 176-unit apartment complex that will deliver in May 2003. Malone Mortgage arranged the financing package.