VIENNA, VA-USI Real Estate Advisors Mid-Atlantic recently disposed of 500,000 sf of office space for its clients over the last six months. USI Mid-Atlantic, which is about 18 months old, achieved $6 million in property sales in 2002.

SILVER SPRING, MD-Local real estate industry leaders come together to form The Downtown Silver Spring Alliance, a non-profit coalition designed to draw real estate industry professionals to the commercial and residential opportunities in the area.

HAMPTON ROADS, VA-United Dominion Realty Trust puts its six-property, multi-family collection--The Hampton Roads Portfolio--up for grabs. The Apartment Group is marketing the 1,438-unit portfolio for purchase as individual properties or as a singular group.

HYATTSVILLE, MD-Ownership of the three-building Bank of America complex changes hands as Lexin Capital takes the 145,000-sf property off the hands of former owner Clark Capital. The property is 90% leased with tenants such as Bank of America and the Visiting Nurses Association.

RICHMOND, VA-The massive expansion of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts takes a step closer to realization with the recent unveiling of the design for the $100-million project. Upon final completion in 2007, the arts facility will have added 100,000 sf of gallery space as well as a new 600-vehicle garage.

WILMINGTON, DE-Chicago-based TransUnion real estate subsidiary TransUnion Settlement Solutions Inc. opens the doors of its new 37,000-sf headquarters in Brandywine Town Center. The opening comes one year after Delaware officials began wooing the company to plant roots here.

DANVILLE, VA-Montreal, Quebec-based Intertape Polymer Group Inc. decides to merge three US distribution centers into a singular 200,000-sf location in Danville, which is the home of one of the three existing facilities. The cost of realizing the endeavor is $10.6 million.

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA-The city Planning Commission signs off on expansion plans submitted by organ and tissue bank LifeNet and Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital. The two medical concerns will spend $40 million and $31 million, respectively.