STAMFORD, CT-World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc. has shelved its plans to develop a $100-million wrestling-themed hotel/casino in Las Vegas. It bought the property from Debbie Reynolds at auction in 1998.

WHITE PLAINS-Ed Lashins, a long-time real estate developer in Westchester County, reports that because the county office market is so strong right now, he will break ground on a new 112,000-sf office building in Armonk this spring.

WHITE PLAINS-Fourth quarter office availability rates in Westchester and Fairfield Counties showed little change from three months ago, according to statistics released by FMB Real Estate Services LLC located here and in Stamford, CT.

WHITE PLAINS-GHP Office Realty reports the city has leased more than 7,000 sf of space at 7-11 South Broadway, a building the Scarsdale-based development firm has under contract to purchase in early 2001.

WHITE PLAINS-The property that was to be the focal point of the redevelopment of Downtown White Plains is on the market.

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY-The Dutchess County Economic Development Corp. has won third place in the Regional Economic Incentive Program category of Business Facilities Magazine's International 2000 Economic Development Achievement Awards Program.

STAMFORD, CT-ICON International, a corporate finance barter company, has launched a program that it says allows corporations to give their excess corporate real estate to charity without harming their bottom lines.

STAMFORD, CT-GE Capital Real Estate and US Realty Advisors, LLC report that they have formed an alliance to acquire up to $500 million of net leased real estate assets in the US.