STAMFORD, CT-Large blocks of sublease space put on the market in the fourth quarter of 2001, especially by high technology firms, caused the office availability rates in downtown White Plains and Westchester County to spike higher.

WHITE PLAINS-Despite the ongoing economic slowdown and its impact on the commercial office market, EastRidge Properties reports that its portfolio in Westchester County finished 2001 with a 96% occupancy rate.

TRUMBULL, CT-Oxford Health Plans Inc., has signed a major lease extension at 7120 Main St. here, according to Cushman & Wakefield of Connecticut, which brokered the 10-year deal.

WHITE PLAINS-Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano and other area-legislators have pledged support of an initiative to shield Taxter Ridge: a 200-acre parcel of land in Greenburgh, from commercial development.

TRUMBULL, CT-Oxford Health Plans Inc., has signed a major lease extension at 7120 Main St. here, according to Cushman & Wakefield of Connecticut, which brokered the 10-year deal.

WHITE PLAINS-Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano and other area county legislators have pledged the county will support an initiative to protect Taxter Ridge, a 200-acre parcel of land in Greenburgh from commercial development.

HARTFORD-The state of Connecticut has launched a new marketing campaign aimed at attracting high-tech and bioscience companies to the Nutmeg State.

WHITE PLAINS-Affordable housing developer Robert H. Wilder, president and founder of Wilder Balter Partners of Elmsford, will be honored for his "innovation" by Community Housing Innovations, Inc., at the agency's 10th Anniversary event on Jan. 24.