VALHALLA-NY-The 100,000-sf office building, which is 100% leased, has won the award twice before. It is the first of a three-building complex being erected by Louis Dreyfus Group.

ROCHESTER, NY-Home Properties reports that it has received "an excellent response" from potential buyers for properties the company is seeking to dispose of that are valued in the $100-million to $200-million range.

STAMFORD-Despite a slowdown in activity the last three months in Fairfield County, the confidence of office building owners in the market's strong fundamentals is unshaken, according to Grubb & Ellis.

WHITE PLAINS-International manufacturing firm Nippon Kayaku America has renewed its lease a year ahead of time at 711 Westchester Ave.

POUGHKEEPSIE-Companies certified in the Poughkeepsie/Dutchess County Empire Zone report continued gains in job growth and investments. Last year, the 155 businesses invested a total of $507 million in facilities and equipment.

WHITE PLAINS-Officials with Newmark & Co. Real Estate say that Westchester County's office market is weathering the current overall economic slowdown and continues to see asking rents rise in early 2001.

WHITE PLAINS-Officials with Newmark & Co. Real Estate say that Westchester County's office market is weathering the current overall economic slowdown and continues to see asking rents rise in early 2001.

WHITE PLAINS-Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano has signed a bill into law that is geared to discourage travelers from taking early morning flights out of Westchester County Airport.