WHITE PLAINS-The retail chain will open its first store here across the street from the Westchester shopping mall.

PURCHASE, NY-The 15,000-sf center, a joint effort between the college and Long Island University, is being underwritten by LIU. Both schools will share the space but operate independently.

VALHALLA, NY- The foundation of Westchester developer Louis R. Cappelli has awarded grants of $132,500 to 24 not-for-profit groups and community programs.

PURCHASE, NY-The 15,000-sf center, a joint effort between the college and Long Island University, is being underwritten by LIU. Both schools will share the space but operate independently.

WHITE PLAINS-The deal, which will save the company $200 million, covers 135 million sf and about two million occupied guest rooms each month.

SOUTH NORWALK, CT-Theater Projects Consultants has leased 6,850 sf of office space at 25-27 Elizabeth St. here for its corporate headquarters.

STAMFORD, CT-The North American headquarters of Locate in Scotland has helped Motorola choose a site in the UK for an R&D complex that is slated to grow to 50,000 sf by 2004.

YONKERS-Qwest Communications Inc. has signed for 525,000 sf of space at the former Saks Fifth Avenue distribution facility on Tuckahoe Road. The deal is said to be one of the largest in Westchester County in years.