NEW YORK CITY-With expected cost-savings of $1 billion, the global bank will transfer 195 of its New York and Connecticut retail assets to First Niagara Bank.

JERICHO, NY-The company will locate its new multifamily and commercial real estate lending department to Eastern Long Island, says The Rochlin Organization.

NEW YORK CITY-The investment firm has bumped its share in the $2-billion, 2.5-million-square-foot building to 75%.

NEW YORK CITY-The research and data analysis team at Real Capital Analytics opened their doors at 139 Fifth Ave. for their annual summer shindig on July 28.

NEW YORK CITY-After being flagged by ratings agency Standard & Poor’s, the GC4 transaction was yanked off the market, a move that industry analysts tell GlobeSt.com is “shrouded in uncertainty.”

ALBANY-The governor's new plan unlocks $1 billion in state funds that will help counties and municipalities create regional plans and jobs, which the Regional Plan Association tells GlobeSt.com is "the right approach.

NEW YORK CITY-Panelists conceded that the national hotel market is slowly stabilizing in 2011 during GlobeSt.com's "New Era for Hotel Opportunities" webinar, sponsored by Choice Hotels International.

NEW YORK CITY-Federal, state and local officials discussed the importance of new rail development both regionally and nationally at the New York Professional Women in Construction’s July 28 Transportation Forum in Midtown Manhattan.