BALTIMORE-The 490,000-sf Alex Brown Building will welcome a new occupant as Gebhardt & Smith commits to 21,000 sf under a 10-year lease. The law firm will relocate from its current home of approximately the same size at the nearby World Trade Center.

GLEN BURNIE, MD-Construction is poised to get under way on the development of the $112-million expansion of the Baltimore Washington Medical Center. When all is said and done, the hospital will have a new 111-bed patient tower and a larger emergency department.

BALTIMORE-Quarry Lake at Greenspring gets an advance commitment from the Fresh Market. The family-owned grocery store chain signs on for 20,000 sf of space in the retail segment of the 230-acre mixed-use development.

BALTIMORE-Quarry Lake at Greenspring gets an advance commitment from the Fresh Market. The family-owned grocery store chain signs on for 20,000 sf of space in the retail segment of the 230-acre mixed-use development.

ARLINGTON, VA-Ballston Point opens its doors to a new tenant as Westwood College signs on for 20,000 sf of space. The school will occupy space on two floors of the 260,000-sf building and will have its own grown-level entrance.

MANASSAS, VA-McLane Foodservice will increase its presence in Prince William County with the development of a 235,000-sf distribution facility on a newly purchased 25-acre parcel in Premier Business Park. The company presently leases a 100,000-sf space in the area.

FAIRFAX, VA-Republic Property Trust enters into a binding agreement to acquire Willowwood I and II for $66 million. The deal for the buildings, which total 250,000 sf, is on target to close in 60 days.

ALEXANDRIA, VA-Midtown Alexandria Station, a 368-residence condominium project, tops out. Developer KSI Services expects to finish the 16-story property, one of several transit-oriented residential communities it's developing in suburban Washington, DC, next summer.