WHITE PLAINS-Mayor Joseph Delfino is attempting to contact officials with J.C. Penney to try to convince them to keep the retailer's store at the Galleria at White Plains mall open.

ELMSFORD-The Westchester Municipal Planning Federation and the Westchester County Department of Planning will host a panel discussion titled Urban Renewal/Redevelopment Techniques: Back to the Future? on Feb. 28.

GOSHEN, NY-The president and chief executive officer and the director of business attraction have decided to leave the Orange County Partnership. Replacements should be found by mid-spring.

GREENWICH-Newmark & Co. Real Estate released fourth quarter asking rental rates for office space in Westchester and Fairfield counties, which showed most major markets reporting hikes in rents due to pent up demand for space.

STAMFORD-An investment group led by the Malkin family says it took advantage of an unsettled capital-market environment and has acquired the 810,000-sf First Stamford Place office complex here from TrizecHahn.

SCARSDALE-Wilmar Industries sold the 17,728-sf property on Central Park Avenue to Seville Realty.

STAMFORD-An investment group led by the Malkin family says it took advantage of an unsettled capital-market environment and has acquired the 810,000-sf First Stamford Place office complex here from TrizecHahn.

FAIRFIELD, CT-Blackrock Realty LLC of Stamford has closed on the $5.9 million purchase of a 35.5 acre site here where it proposes to build a $250-million, 1.3-million sf commercial complex and a new Metro North train station.