WASHINGTON, DC-Responding to particular facet of the USA Patriot Act, the Real Estate Roundtable cautions the Treasury Department that a facet of the legislation could unduly burden the commercial real estate industry.

SUITLAND, MD-The Washington Metropolitan Transportation Authority gets its new 87,500-sf, 39-acre storage yard at the Branch Ave. Metro Station up and running with the assistance of the Clark Construction Group Inc.

WASHINGTON, DC-The City Museum opens its doors as The Clark Construction Group wraps up redevelopment of Carnegie Library Building, the 64,000-sf structure that houses the new museum.

REEDVILLE, VA-Houston's Omega Protein Corp. continues its plan to expand production of its OmegaPure product by beginning construction on a $16 million, 60,000-sf facility. The project is on target for completion next May.

ROCKVILLE, MD-The JBG Cos. takes hold of the properties at 3 and 5 Cherry Rd. in a deal with seller TA/Western LLC. The 10-acre properties--valued at a combined $11 million--include a multi-tenanted 68,000-sf office building and a vacant 40,000-sf structure.

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA-Local managed healthcare company Amerigroup Corp. looks around in Texas but decides to develop its latest expansion effort in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The nine-year-old firm will spend $56 million to build two 106,000-sf buildings to house its team of information technology employees.

WASHINGTON, DC-The class A office tower being developed at 901 New York Ave. prepares to welcome another tenant upon its scheduled completion in 2004. Law firm Powell Goldstein Frazer & Murphy LLP preleases 85,000 sf in what will be a 530,000-sf building.

WASHINGTON, DC-Board members of the five-year-old International Society of Hospitality Purchasers Inc. elect a new president--Ramsey Purchasing's Jennifer Ramsey. She replaces Alan Benjamin, who has been president since 2001.