LOS ANGELES, CA-Perkins & Will signs a 10-year lease for 34,000 sf at 617 W. Seventh St., where it will consolidate offices from Santa Monica and Pasadena. Perkins & Will will occupy three floors of the 12-story building.

NEW YORK CITY-After being taken to the woodshed over its original six proposals for the redevelopment of Lower Manhattan, the beleaguered agency takes another stab at the process, narrowing down 407 applications to six final teams, each of which is now charged with developing a workable plan.

NEW YORK CITY-Prominent architectural firm Vollmer Associates signs on for 15 years at the 110-year-old S.L. Green-owned building where it has been headquartered for the last seven years. Insignia/ESG represented the tenant in the deal, which involved ripping up the original 10-year agreement three years early.