STAMFORD, CT-While the Westchester County office vacancy rate remained relatively stable in the second quarter at 11%, a broker with CB Richard Ellis says that demand has definitely softened recently.

PLEASANTVILLE, NY-A host of celebrities from the silver screen were on hand here to launch the opening of the area's first cultural center devoted entirely to film--the Jacob Burns Film Center.

WHITE PLAINS-Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., reports it has signed a deal with Colonia Natural, S.A. to operate a new Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay.

HARTSDALE, NY-The Cheshire Group, citing confidence in the residential sales market in Westchester County, reveals it has acquired 260 residential cooperative units in 12 buildings in the lower part of the county.

BETHEL, NY-On property surrounding the famed 1969 Woodstock concert staged at Max Yasgur's Farm, a developer has proposed building a multi-faceted Performing Arts Center that would take 10 years to complete.

WHITE PLAINS-The Westchester chapter of the BOMA chose Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and Ivy Equities as its Hall of Honor award winners for the year 2000. It also handed out prizes for best office buildings in five categories.

WHITE PLAINS-The maker of Wild Turkey bourbon will relocate its US headquarters from Manhattan to 31,443 sf of space at 777 Westchester Ave. here.

WHITE PLAINS-The Westchester County Industrial Development Agency voted yesterday (June 7) to offer sales tax breaks to a future company to lease 55,000 sf of space at 900 King St. in Rye Brook, GlobeSt.com has learned. Sources share details on the spin-off and the property.