NEW YORK CITY-Cassidy Turley’s Aron Schreier, who represented Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken in the renewal and expansion, tells GlobeSt.com’s Carl Gaines that the bank, free from the debt crisis roiling other areas of Europe, is expanding.

NEW YORK CITY-The design and fashion school renewed several blocks of space, used as administrative offices, at 236 W. 27th St.—getting a jump on some that were due to expire soon.

STAMFORD, CT-The station, part of Blackrock Realty’s Fairfield Metro Center, is the first new Metro North commuter station to open on the New Haven line in 100 years.

NEW YORK CITY-Mayor Michael Bloomberg and CRE industry leaders predicted sustained growth for retail. But a new survey from JLL shows where the bumps in the recovery's road will lie.

NEW YORK CITY-The new role will allow Jaccom, currently the firm’s CEO, to return to deal making, as Michael T. Cohen, president of the tri-state region, returns to a full schedule and takes on administrative tasks.

NEW YORK CITY-At the Deal Economy 2012 Conference Thursday morning, Bain Capital’s Stephen Pagliuca and Vornado Realty Trust’s Michael Fascitelli touched on the evolution of private equity over current and past financial crises, as well as how real estate survived each.

NEW YORK CITY-The tenants association has partnered with Brookfield Asset Management to develop a plan to buy the complex. Both groups were represented at an announcement about the proposal, where Brookfield’s Barry Blattman called it “an irreplaceable asset that we would be proud to be involved with.”

NEW YORK CITY-Zenith Optimedia has swooped in to sublease space in the Chelsea Market from Innovatix. A division of the Greater New York Hospital Association, Innovatix had outgrown its space at 75 Ninth Ave., C&W’s Jodi Roberts tells GlobeSt.com’s Carl Gaines.