CHEVY CHASE, MD-CapitalSource Inc. closes a $100-million trust preferred securities offering. The firm also plans to acquire $1.6 billion in agency mortgage pass-through certificates, issued by Freddie Mac, as part of its plan to take on REIT status at the start of the new year.

CHEVY CHASE, MD-CapitalSource Inc. closes a $100-million trust preferred securities offering. The firm also plans to acquire $1.6 billion in agency mortgage pass-through certificates, issued by Freddie Mac, as part of its plan to take on REIT status at the start of the new year.

WASHINGTON, DC-A new team is put in place to handle leasing at the recently renovated 950 L'Enfant Plaza SW. Spaulding & Slye Colliers takes over from Heyman Properties.

EAST BALTIMORE-Developer Hale Properties will construct the Powerhouse Building for the mixed-use Canton Crossing development along the waterfront. The 320,000-sf building is scheduled for delivery in 2007.

EAST BALTIMORE-Developer Hale Properties will construct the Powerhouse Building for the mixed-use Canton Crossing development along the waterfront. The 320,000-sf building is scheduled for delivery in 2007.

LANDOVER, MD-The Epilepsy Foundation commits to 32,600 sf at Metro East Business Campus. The organization will relocate its headquarters to this new locale.

DULLES, VA-Inova Health System takes an additional 30,200 sf at the Corporate Office Park at Dulles. It will now occupy 54,100 sf at the 95,000-sf structure at 45745 Nokes Blvd. The healthcare organization will house its IT department in the newly leased space.

SILVER SPRING, MD-Station Square, the 490,000-sf multi-structure office complex at the core of the Downtown area here, comes under new ownership. Hines and CalPERS acquires the 490,000-sf site.