NEW YORK CITY-The 81-year-old law firm will join 125 other legal practices at the 55-story tower near Grand Central Terminal.

NEW YORK CITY-The first major post-Sept. condominium loan to close in Manhattan provides $56 million in construction financing for Grand Beekman, a 32-story apartment tower currently under construction at 51st Street and First Avenue.

NEW YORK CITY-The firm signs up independent real estate concerns in six industrial-heavy markets. Each participating company will be branded a "Member of the Cushman & Wakefield Alliance.

STRATFORD, CT-Boston Fitness Management Group affiliate Stratford Fitness Center Inc. will open a club at the 160,000-sf neighborhood shopping center. The 12-and-a-half-year lease is valued at $2.6 million.

PHILADELPHIA-Excavation begins on the new baseball-only venue. The 43,000-seat, natural-grass venue has been configured to give maximize views of the city skyline. First pitch will be thrown in 2004.

NEW YORK CITY-The former mayor pulled a behind-the-scenes Hollywood shuffle during his last week in office, quietly green-lighting a Staten Island movie-studio plan helmed by ex-mayoral crony Danny Aiello and a $40-million handout that could finally get cameras rolling at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

NEW YORK CITY-The former mayor pulled a behind-the-scenes Hollywood shuffle during his last week in office, quietly green-lighting a Staten Island movie-studio plan helmed by ex-mayoral crony Danny Aiello and a $40-million handout that could finally get cameras rolling at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

NEW YORK CITY-Mayor Michael Bloomberg and city labor leaders unveil a $750 million initiative for housing and commercial development throughout the city.