WHITE PLAINS-A tentative contract agreement was reached on Tuesday evening between striking service workers and the Building and Realty Institute of Westchester, which represents the ownership and management of 532 cooperative, condominium and rental apartment buildings in Westchester and Rockland counties.

KIAMESHA LAKE, NY-On his 49th birthday, Westchester County developer Louis Cappelli and his partners pressed a ceremonial demolition plunger that signaled the start of what will be the $500 million redevelopment of the Concord Hotel in the Catskills.

STAMFORD, CT-Union workers at some commercial office buildings in Fairfield County, CT and residential apartment buildings in Westchester County, NY are on strike in what could be a protracted work stoppage.

STAMFORD, CT-The market for class A office space in Fairfield County is extremely tight and is driving overall asking rents to nearly $30 per sf. However, area brokers say that in downtown Stamford and other prime locations the going rate is much higher.

EAST FISHKILL, NY-IBM Chairman and CEO Lou Gerstner and New York Governor George Pataki have announced that the Armonk-based computer giant will build a $2.5 billion semiconductor chip plant at the Hudson Valley Research Park.

HARRIMAN, NY-Wal-Mart plans to hold a grand opening for its new Wal-Mart Super Center here Tuesday, Oct. 10. The new store is the second major department store to open for business at the former Harriman Business Park property.

STAMFORD, CT-Union workers at some commercial office buildings in Fairfield County, CT, and residential apartment buildings in Westchester County, NY, are on strike in what could be a protracted work stoppage.

PORT CHESTER, NY-New York United Hospital in Port Chester has sold its rooftop cellular antennae installations to a North Carolina-based communications company for $3 million.