ARLINGTON, VA-Development team the Akridge Cos., Multi-Employer Property Trust and The Holladay Corp. have topped out construction of the $53 million The Hartford, a 212,000-sf office building in the city's Clarendon neighborhood. A $15 million residential building will be attached to the structure.

WASHINGTON, DC-New York-based Insignia/ESG leaps into real estate financing with the newly established Finance and Capital Markets Group. The firm has tapped its 15-year industry veteran Paul C. Dougherty to serve as the group's national director.

BALTIMORE, MD-Prime Retail Inc. disposes of the Bridge Properties, six outlets in six states accounting for 1.3 million sf of retail space, in a $118.7 million sale to a joint venture.

BALTIMORE, MD-Cambrex Bio Science Facility will build a $5million addition to its 60,000-sf property at 5901 E. Lombard St. The project entails adding development and analytical laboratories and a pre-clinical pilot plant. Construction is scheduled for completion in spring 2003.

WASHINGTON, DC-Cushman & Wakefield taps broker Andrew M. White will direct mid-Atlantic expansion plans of the Apartment Group, the multi-family investment advisory firm Cushman acquired in 2001.

WASHINGTON, DC-The three-decade-old, 100,000-sf building at 1015 18th St. commands a price of $21 million in a deal between buyer Harbor Group International and seller the State of Illinois Pension Fund. The office property is 87% occupied and leases space for about $34-per-sf.

BETHESDA, MD-Work on the $25-million Grosvenor Metro station parking garage is scheduled to get underway first thing next week. Montgomery County and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority are financing construction of the 1,200-vehicle, six-story facility, which is scheduled for completion next fall.

WASHINGTON, DC-The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority teams with a joint venture of developers to create a $68-million mixed-use development at the Rhode Island Avenue metro station. The multi-structure complex will have 270 apartments, 70,000 sf of retail space and a seven-story garage.