NEW YORK CITY-With the funds, secured by LJ Melody & Co., Orda Management Corp. will pay off existing debt and a $40-million renovation program.

NEW YORK CITY-Morton Square is the $200-million, mixed-use project rising in Greenwich Village. With the final residential component slated for occupancy this summer, Cushman & Wakefield is targeting the end of the year--or first quarter 2005--for lease-up of the entire retail portion.

ORLANDO-Morgan, Colling & Gilbert, PA, renewed three floors in the 16-story Wachovia Tower in the Center City area of town. The firm has been a tenant in the building since its formation in 1988.

NEW YORK CITY-Although the first quarter 2004 numbers were below those at the end of the first quarter 2003, the company states a slow first quarter is not unusual. The company is already seeing an uptick in the second quarter.

NEW YORK CITY-The firm's 300 Park Ave. location becomes its 16th US office and the third new office to open in the country in the past four months.

NEW YORK CITY-However, rates at Manhattan hotels may take longer to rebound, according to a panel of experts at a discussion yesterday, <i>Succeeding in the Manhattan Hotel Market</i>, organized by ULI's New York District Council.

NEW YORK CITY-Two multifamily developments will rise from sites in Harlem; one will feature 23 co-op units and the other will feature 25 rental units.

GARDEN CITY, NY-The 176,000-sf 400 Garden City Plaza only has 23,504 sf of space available for lease, according to the locally based Treeline Cos.