Regions Northeast
LIRR to Reopen Republic Train Station
May 2, 2008

The Long Island Rail Road plans to reopen the Republic train station in East Farmingdale, which could lead to a 1.2-million-square-foot development in the area, Newsday reported. Additionally, there are plans to develop a village centered around public transportation at Route 110 and Conklin Avenue, which could add up to 1.2 million square feet of retail, office, residential, entertainment and hotel space. Republic LIRR station closed in 1987, when the Fairchild-Republic aircraft plant in Farmingdale shut down.

 
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201 W 92nd Manhattan Apartment Sold to Local Investor
July 18, 2008
A partnership including Kent Swig of Swig Equities L.L.C. has sold a pair of pre-war apartment buildings on Manhattan’s Upper West Side to a locally--based operator of residential and mixed-use properties for $61 million, or about $450 a square foot.
Pennsylvania Gaming Property Debuts $208M Expansion
July 18, 2008
The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority has completed its new 300,000-square-foot gaming and entertainment complex at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in Wiles-Barre, Pa.
150,000SF Retail Property Pulls in $28M
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Ownership of Edison Commons, a 150,000-square-foot shopping center in Edison, N.J., has changed hands with AMC Delancey Group Inc.'s sale of the property to a subsidiary of MCC Realty Investments L.L.C.
Suburban Boston Industrial Complex Trades for $38M
July 18, 2008
The distribution buildings at 26 and 28 Millbury Street in Auburn, Mass., about 40 miles west of Boston, traded for an aggregate $38.5 million.
logo Merrill Lynch Backs Out of Plans to Move HQ to WTC
July 17, 2008
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey confirmed today that Merrill Lynch has pulled out of plans to locate its headquarters at a new office tower to be constructed at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan.