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Blackstone Looks to the Light

Blackstone wants to “provide clean, efficient solar energy” to its portfolio of commercial and industrial properties.

A Better Buy in Bethesda?

HFF has helped facilitate a sale in what has historically been one of Washington, D.C.’s strongest and most stable markets.

REIT Buys Vintage in Orange County

Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT believes it can fill a significant demand for apartments in Yorba Linda, Calif.

Q&A With BECO Management’s Levi Cohen

The BECO Towers office complex in Owings Mills has so far this year been one of the Greater Baltimore office market’s success stories. Since this January, BECO Management, Inc. has leased more than 52,000 square feet of space at the 330,000-square-foot property, located just off of I-795, reducing the total vacancy by 50 percent.

Baltimore’s McHenry Row Mixed-Use Community Signs Two New Tenants

The McHenry Row mixed-use community in Baltimore has just signed two more tenants. Two national companies have leased almost 16,000 square feet of space in the project that formerly housed the headquarters of Phillips Seafood Company.

GSA to Sell Metro West Complex In Baltimore

The U.S. General Services Administration plans to sell one of its properties in Baltimore. The massive Metro West complex, at 300 N. Greene St., on the northwestern edge of the city’s Central Business District, will be put on the market next month.

Manekin, AEW Capital Management Buy Large Distribution Center in Jessup

Industrial investment sales activity remains very healthy in Greater Baltimore. The latest property to change hands is a large distribution center located at 7600 Assateague Drive, in Jessup.

Enterprise Affordable Housing Coming to Baltimore

More affordable housing is coming to Baltimore. Last month, Enterprise Homes, Inc., the development arm of Columbia-based Enterprise Community Partners, closed on financing for the construction of a new building, with 68 affordable apartments, at 211 West Mulberry St.

Economy Watch: A Month for Job Creation

The U.S. economy surprised on the upside in May.

Chicago Fills Big New Preservation Pool

Today there’s an extra $200 million available for affordable housing financing in metropolitan Chicago.