NEW YORK CITY-Locally-based Liz Claiborne Inc. has decided to close its Liz Claiborne branded outlet stores in Puerto Rico and United States.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-Spirit Finance Corp., a real estate investment trust in the US, has been listed for sale.

NEW YORK CITY-According to a report by Prudential Douglas Elliman and Miller Samuel Inc. sales of homes in the Hamptons and the North Fork of Long Island has risen in Q2 2010.

NEW YORK CITY-The first half of 2010 has shown a drastic improvement in Investment sales when compared to the same period a year earlier.

NEW YORK CITY-Work on the proposed $70-million track-and-field complex at Ocean Breeze Park on Staten Island has broken ground.

NEW YORK CITY-Reich & Tang Asset Management is moving to 1411 Broadway in Times Square from its current office located at 600 Fifth Avenue in Plaza District.

NEW YORK CITY-Work on Lower East Side Girls Club's permanent home has begun.

NEW YORK CITY-Regus Group, which provides outfitted office suites, will be opening five more sites in Manhattan by the end of 2010.