NEW YORK CITY—Three upstate casino gaming resorts, including the $1.3-billion Montreign Resort Casino in Sullivan County, secured licenses.

SEATTLE, WA—Wells Fargo Center at 999 Third signs 253,000 SF of leases; now more than 95% leased.

IRVINE, CA—David Mashain will serve as senior VP specializing in retail investment sales.

As we approach the Christmas holiday the normally cheery faces of sales staff in department stores and specialty purveyors of winter woolies, are sobbing over the late-spring like temperatures across most of the nation.