The activity in the second quarter was 7.8% higher than last year's leasing figures for the same period, which totaled 289,757 sf, according to Mack-Cali officials.

The firm reported several large new lease transactions including Publisher's Circulation Fulfillment Inc., which signed a deal for 18,400 sf of space for a nine-year term at Mack-Cali's 300 Executive Blvd. building in Elmsford, NY The building, part of the firm's 600,000 sf Cross Westchester Executive Park complex, is 100% leased. Ivan Abry, Mack-Cali's in-house leasing director, represented the firm in the deal.

The other major new lease deal in the second quarter was negotiated with the Dannon Company, which signed a lease deal for 15,000 sf of space at Mack-Cali's 200 White Plains Road property in Tarrytown, N.Y. Dannon Co., a producer of yogurt products and a subsidiary of The Dannon Group, was represented by Robert Miller and Stewart Snow of Prudential Connecticut Commercial Real Estate LLC. Carol McGuire of Mack-Cali represented the landlord. With the deal, the 89,000-sf, 200 White Plains Road property is 88.5% leased.