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FEATURE: CREW Network Honors Impact, Excellence Award Winners

The Commercial Real Estate Women Network last night unveiled the winners of the new Impact Awards during the 2011 Convention & Marketplace near Washington, D.C.

WRIT Purchases 345 KSF Suburban D.C. Office for $101M

A week after closing the first phase of a $350 million industrial portfolio, Washington Real Estate Investment Trust has sprung for the all-cash acquisition of Braddock Place, a 345,000-square-foot office complex in the Old Town section of Alexandria, Va.

RiverOak Launches $300M Retail Fund

RiverOak Investment Corp. L.L.C. is setting its sights on urban retail primed for repositioning with the initiation of a new investment vehicle, RiverOak Urban Retail Investors Fund I, with the goal of securing commitments totaling $300 million.

Brookfield Office Properties Spends $150M for 3 Bethesda Metro Center

The 17-story, 368,400-square-foot 3 Bethesda Metro Center has changed hands, with Brookfield Office Properties spending $150.1 million to purchase it from Meridian Group.

$93M Refi for Mixed-Use D.C. Apartments

Vaughan Place at McLean Gardens, a 389-residence mixed-use apartment complex in Washington, D.C., has been refinanced to the tune of $93 million, courtesy of a loan provided by Walker & Dunlop Inc.

AREA, Adler Group Close First Phase of $350M Portfolio Purchase from WRIT

AREA Property Partners and Adler Group, acting together in a joint venture as AP AG Portfolio L.L.C., have completed the first step in acquiring a 3.1 million-square-foot portfolio of office and industrial properties from Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

Spear Street Gets 244 KSF Suburban D.C. Office Building for $64.4M

Acting on behalf of the California State Teachers Retirement System, Clarion Partners sold the asset at 1881 Campus Commons Drive in Reston, Va., to Spear Street Capital for $64.4 million.

Office, Data-Center Portfolio Sold for $138.5M in D.C. Area

Tysons East Metro Portfolio, a five-building complex encompassing approximately 310,800 square feet of office-and-data-center space in McLean, Va., has found a new home for the price of $138.5 million.

$118M Refi for Two-Building Complex Near D.C.

HFF announced the $118M refi of the 626,004-square-foot Century Center in Crystal City, Va., a two-building complex with ground-floor retail.

Jamestown, EastBanc Invest in Georgetown Renaissance Portfolio

Jamestown and EastBanc announced a partnership to develop the 306,000 square-foot mixed-use Georgetown Portfolio in Washington, D.C.