STAMFORD, CT-The bearish attitude pervading Wall Street has crept into the psyches of many in commercial real estate here. Some even wonder if the hard times of the early 1990s will once again plague the Connecticut Gold Coast.

STAMFORD, CT-umedik Inc., a diagnostic technology developer, reports it has opened a new 18,000 sf Product Centre in Toronto. The firm is headquartered here and currently has another technology center in Toronto.

SAN FRANCISCO-In the largest local deal to date for the firm, Cohen secured $45 million in equity from an institutional investor for Bernal Office Park, a 745,000sf office complex in Pleasanton.

NEW YORK CITY-Harlem, Manhattan's historical and cultural mecca for African Americans, may be losing the population that made it famous, perhaps because of renewed interest in the area by developers driving rental rates higher.