BALTIMORE-A mixed-used development featuring multifamily offerings and retail is in the works. The $34.6-million, transportation-centric endeavor is on schedule to get under way next week.

WASHINGTON, DC-The National Association of Realtors predicts that commercial brokerage activity will be on the rise for much of 2006. The organization's new index uses quarterly data from 13 selected series back through the first quarter of 1990.

WASHINGTON, DC-The 170,500-sf corner office building at 1501 M St., a class A asset, comes under new ownership. Seller America's Capital Partners had acquired the building two years ago for $47.4 million.

WASHINGTON, DC-More than 500 of the Metropolitan Washington, DC region's top players will converge March 1 at Real Estate Media's RealShare Washington, DC 2006 for a conference on the office and multifamily markets. Sessions will range from the possibility of the area maintaining its position at the top to the potential cooling of the condo market.

WASHINGTON, DC-More than 500 of the Metropolitan Washington, DC region's top players will converge March 1 at Real Estate Media's RealShare Washington, DC 2006 for a conference on the office and multifamily markets. Sessions will range from the possibility of the area maintaining its position at the top to the potential cooling of the condo market.

WILLIAMSBURG, VA-A $14.5-million deal results in a change of ownership of Ewell Station Shopping Center, a 68,000-sf retail property. A six-acre parcel of developable land across from the grocery-anchored strip mall is included in the transaction.

WILLIAMSBURG, VA-A $14.5-million deal results in a change of ownership of Ewell Station Shopping Center, a 68,000-sf retail property. A six-acre parcel of developable land across from the grocery-anchored strip mall is included in the transaction.

BETHESDA, MD-MeriStar Hospitality Corp. commits to merging with an affiliate of New York City's the Blackstone Group in a $2.6-billion deal. The transaction is expected to close next quarter.