WASHINGTON, DC-The agency's national capital region will expand its efforts for public-private partnerships by working with several firms to provide leasing-related services.

RICHMOND, VA-The high-end retailer plans an 80,000-sf store as part of Stony Point Fashion Park, a 680,000-sf open-air retail center being developed Taubman Centers. Saks Fifth Avenue expects to open the store when the center debuts in the fall of 2003.

WASHINGTON, DC-Several major real estate related associations have sent a letter to the President asking his administration to address the new risks surrounding insurance on property that puts the industry in a tough position going forward because of the September 11 terrorist attacks and the current action in Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON, DC-Bank of America has consolidated the outsourcing of most of its domestic corporate real estate in 23 states under this commercial real estate firm. Trammell's mid-Atlantic region will gain more than six million sf of leasing and property management under the deal.

BALTIMORE-The video game and entertainment retailer has recently signed leases in seven regional shopping centers in the Washington-Baltimore corridor, and it has plans to ultimately open up to 20 locations in region.

BALTIMORE-The Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees

VIENNA, VA-The industrial/flex space of 124,139 sf is fully leased. Tenants include Duron Paints, Purnell Brothers Furniture and Stanley Steamer.

TOWSON, MD-After years of working along the perimeter, this firm is making a foray into the heart of Baltimore, calling the market ripe.