MIDDLEBURG, VA-Loudoun County Board of Supervisors approves plans for the development of the Salamander Resort & Spa. The $80-million property will feature a 120-room hotel and a 26,000-sf spa.

COLUMBIA, MD-COPT takes the 61,200-sf office and R&D property at 7015 Albert Einstein Dr. in a $9.2-million deal. Located in the 630-acre Columbia Gateway Business Park in Howard County, the single-story class A building is fully occupied.

WASHINGTON, DC-The US House of Representatives passes a bill that extends the scheduled Dec. 31 expiration of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act for an additional two years. The House will now meet in committee with the US Senate, which already passed it's version of the legislation, to hammer out a final bill.

WASHINGTON, DC-The US House of Representatives passes a bill that extends the scheduled December 31 expiration of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act for an additional two years. The House will now meet in committee with the US Senate, which already passed it's version of the legislation, to hammer out a final bill.

WASHINGTON, DC-The US House of Representatives passes a bill that extends the scheduled Dec. 31 expiration of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act for an additional two years. The House will now meet in committee with the US Senate, which already passed it's version of the legislation, to hammer out a final bill.

WASHINGTON, DC-A Northern Virginia lodging REIT signs a definitive agreement to take over ownership of the historic 144-room Churchill Hotel for $48.8 million. The nearly one-century-old property last sold four years ago in a $20.4-million deal.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA-The Wellington Portfolio, which consists of two apartment communities with a total of 274 units, trades hands in a deal valued at $19.6 million. The three-decade-old properties known as Wellington Lakes and Wellington Woods sit within close proximity of each other near I-95.

BALTIMORE-A half-acre parcel that had been home to a balloon ride will now be redeveloped as a multifamily property, as the City of Baltimore signs off on the Cordish Co.'s $70-million plan for the site. Cordish's team will erect 250 condominiums and apartment units with 50,000 sf of retail space and parking accommodations.