NEW YORK CITY-The recently formed Bingham McCutchen LLP takes three and a half more floors at the just-sold office tower. The 15-year lease gives the law firm's 125 New York attorneys six floor floors in the 39-story building.

NEW YORK CITY-After being taken to the woodshed over its original six proposals for the redevelopment of Lower Manhattan, the beleaguered agency takes another stab at the process, narrowing down 407 applications to six final teams, each of which is now charged with developing a workable plan.

NEW YORK CITY-Located in Bayside, Queens, privately held co-op comprises 1,822 units set on 48 acres. AKAM will take over management of the property next month and assume sales and brokerage duties in January.

NEW YORK CITY-Prominent architectural firm Vollmer Associates signs on for 15 years at the 110-year-old S.L. Green-owned building where it has been headquartered for the last seven years. Insignia/ESG represented the tenant in the deal, which involved ripping up the original 10-year agreement three years early.

NEW YORK CITY-A US District Judge today pulled the rug out from under owner Larry Silverstein, deciding that three World Trade Center insurers' liability in the catastrophe is limited to a single occurrence. Swiss Re chair Jacques Dubois tells GlobeSt.com, "The dominoes are all falling into place.

NEW YORK CITY-The space is located in a 211-unit multifamily property currently under construction at 97th and Lex. Rose Associates brokered for CVS and owner Kenbar Group, which is also marketing retail space at two other area properties.

NEW YORK CITY-The jointly commissioned reports will examine the Fulton Street corridor's needs as a retail/entertainment destination and Lower Manhattan's housing stock south of Houston Street, in the aftermath of the World Trade Center bombings.

NEW YORK CITY-United Commercial Bank, which serves the ethnic Chinese community through 30 California branches from Los Angeles to Sacramento, will establish a New York beachhead with the acquisition of Broadway National Bank's Brooklyn Branch.