OSSINING, NY-The Village of Ossining has sent out a Request for Proposals (RFP) to interested developers, builders and real estate companies for the development of a section of its historic Main Street area.

WHITE PLAINS-A plan to build a $265-million biomedical research and cancer treatment facility on the grounds of New York-Presbyterian Hospital could be voted on by the White Plains Common Council in a few weeks.

STRATFORD, CT-Bally Total Fitness Center has opened a 20,000 sf location at the Stratford Square shopping center here, brining the 160,000-sf facility to near full occupancy.

NORWICH, CT-Construction will begin in earnest next week on what many believe will be the linchpin to the redevelopment of downtown Norwich--the $18.9-million Mercantile Exchange at Chelsea Harbor development.

DANBURY, CT-Nearly 500,000 sf of space that Union Carbide Corp. had occupied at its 1.2 million-sf world headquarters here is now on the market for lease, Grubb & Ellis officials say.

ALBANY-In a move that expands public access to the Hudson River, Governor George Pataki reports the state has acquired 240 acres of land around Hudson Highlands State Park in Westchester and Putnam counties.

ROCHESTER, NY-Home Properties reports that it has made key acquisitions in the Boston and Long Island, NY markets totaling nearly $90 million and sold two properties in Maryland and Pennsylvania for $13.6 million.

SHELTON, CT-Cushman & Wakefield reports it has brokered two lease deals here for a division of GE Capital and a local law firm totaling more than 20,000 sf of space.