PURCHASE, NY-Officials with Legg Mason Real Estate Services report that it has arranged a $14 million first mortgage loan for the ownership of the SoNo Corporate Center at 50 Washington St., in South Norwalk, CT.

WHITE PLAINS- Executive Andrew Spano announced yesterday (Tuesday Dec. 5) that the county has allied with MrOfficeSpace.com to link a listing of available commercial office space in Westchester with county government's web site.

WHITE PLAINS-The Galleria at White Plains reports it has secured eight new lease deals that bring the 883,000 sf shopping center to nearly full occupancy.

ALBANY, NY-New York State agencies that are coordinating a study to establish a Rivers and Estuaries Institute for the Hudson River have scheduled three roundtable discussions on the proposal in Albany, Poughkeepsie and Tarrytown.

CORTLANDT, NY-The town, the Hendrick Hudson School District and Entergy Corp. have reached a multi-million dollar tax agreement on the Indian Point III nuclear power plant.

MOUNT PLEASANT, NY-The ownership of the former IBM Latin American headquarters building here says that a number of large lease transactions are in negotiations and several deals could be announced soon.

VALHALLA, NY-IBM, headquartered here, announces another major investment in its high-technology microelectronics business, this time in Canada where it plans to spend part of its overall budget to upgrade its Bromont assembly plant.

ALBANY, NY-New York Governor George Pataki has selected Timothy S. Carey of Montrose, NY, who serves as president of the Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority in Manhattan, as a trustee for the New York Power Authority.