ACCIDENT, MD-Local test systems company Phenix Technologies Inc. decides to stay put in Garrett County and announces plans to build a new 68,000-sf home in the Central Garrett Industrial Park.

WASHINGTON, DC-The Kentucky Courts multifamily community will go from condemned apartment complex to modernized residential dwelling now that redevelopment of the property is under way.

DULLES, VA-Phase I of the new Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center--the companion site to the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC--opens the doors Dec. 15 to its first visitors.

SAVAGE, MD-New York's Maines Paper & Food Service Inc. opens a new distribution center in the former Alliant Foodservice Property at the Corridor Industrial Park. Maines is leasing the 100,000-sf space and will expand by 50,000 sf.

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA-The 176-room Hilton Garden Inn takes its place as the only hotel in the 17-block Town Center of Virginia Beach mixed-use development with an official grand opening ceremony.

WASHINGTON, DC-A new home for the Newseum, the celebrated interactive museum of news, gets under way with a groundbreaking ceremony for the $400-million endeavor. The museum will be housed in the 530,000-sf mixed-use building.

WASHINGTON, DC-The District's arts scene is about to get a big boost with the expansion of the Shakespeare Theatre's facilities to include a new $77-million, 800-seat theater.

BALTIMORE-The historic 400 block of West Baltimore St. is in for a major makeover with David S. Brown Enterprises' and A&R Development Corp.'s recent commitment to come aboard as the redevelopment team.