NEW YORK CITY-According to data from Fitch Ratings, fewer US CMBS loans are coming due in 2012, a positive sign as loans totaling $17.3 billion are expected to reach the finish line.

NEW HAVEN-Live Work Learn Play Inc. and Newman Architects have been chosen by a review committee as the preferred development team for the 4.5-acre site of the former New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

NEW YORK CITY-Savitt Partners has secured 7,300 square feet of leases for two fashion tenants in the Art-Deco 530 7th Ave., even amid talk of fashion firms fleeing the area.

NEW YORK CITY-The 21 Langsam Property Services Corp. properties, all located in the Bronx save one in Yonkers, were refinanced by Beech Street Capital.

NEW YORK CITY-The management consulting and technology services company has agreed to buy Zenta, which provides mortgage processing services. It has also just launched Accenture Credit Services.

NEW YORK CITY-The non-profit, which advocates for the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and those with HIV, will consolidate onto one full floor when it moves at the end of August.

NEW YORK CITY-The top markets have seen both debt yields and loan-to-value ratios decline since Q1 11, according to a report from Chandan Economics.

GREENWICH, CT-A Starwood Capital Group fund has agreed to buy the portfolio of 18 hotels, the bulk of which are located in Connecticut and Pennsylvania, for roughly $155 million.