WASHINGTON, DC--A new retail broker comes to town, while Federal Realty adds to its management suite. Also, Ten-X will be offering the Pax River Office Park portfolio in Lexington Park, MD, in a live bid event later this month.

WASHINGTON, DC--Meanwhile, the ongoing cap rate compression continues to drive rent growth, according to a JLL analysis.

WASHINGTON, DC—Construction and commercial real estate activity may be up according to the Federal Reserve's Beige Book but who can forget the GDP's dismal first quarter numbers?

WINCHESTER, VA—Fiat Chrysler has signed a build-to-suit at Stonewall Industrial Park after watching interest in the area take off.

WASHINGTON, DC—The buyer is a partnership between Perseus Realty, an affiliate of Four Points and Greencourt Capital.

WASHINGTON, DC—But it doesn't sound as though the REIT is finished with the region. Tom Brennan, the former SVP of Asset Management with the JBG Cos., has joined the company as SVP of Asset Management.

VIENNA, VA—A deal to acquire 8300 Boone Blvd., from Beacon Capital Partners is pending, a source tells us.

WASHINGTON, DC—Also JBG Cos. has broken ground on a retail-and-residential building in McLean, VA and Finmarc has tapped NGKF to lease the Manassas buildings that it acquired as part of First Potomac Realty Trust's 26-asset office and industrial Northern Virginia portfolio.