WASHINGTON, DC-For one local project it is teaming with Starwood Capital to develop a 287-unit community near the Convention Center, CEO Jim Butz tells GlobeSt.com's Erika Morphy.

MCLEAN, VA-As 2012 goes on, expect to see different types of transactions from this program, Mitchell Resnick tells GlobeSt.com's Erika Morphy.

WASHINGTON, DC-Yes, we know multifamily is hot right now, but the cap rates for B properties tell a different story – one of a narrowing bid-ask spread.

LOUDOUN, VA-The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has inked a 34,000-square-foot lease, but Bill May, VP of Miller and Smith, tells GlobeSt.com's Erika Morphy that some 100,000 square feet in additional leases are close to being signed.

WASHINGTON, DC-The capital markets appear to be wide open for REITs, which raised a record level of financing in 2011.

WASHINGTON, DC-It is building a $36 million, 156-unit project in Takoma Park and is considering other deals as well, Wade Casstevens tells GlobeSt.com's Erika Morphy.

GAITHERSBURG, MD-A domestic bank provided the acquisition funding. Floating rate transactions provide borrowers with more flexibility, Cassidy Turley's John Campanella says.

COLUMBIA, MD- Four separate buildings totaling nearly 200,000 square feet of space in Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties have traded to Korth Construction.