WASHINGTON, DC-Like it was in 2011, the ratings agency is displeased with how Washington is handling the nation's fiscal affairs.

ARLINGTON, VA-This will be the final building in Shooshan's ambitious Liberty Center complex.

WASHINGTON, DC-In the absence of official government statistics, companies are relying more heavily on private sector stats generated by associations and, now, companies like the Carlyle Group.

McLEAN, VA-These are seasoned assets from the GSE's pre-conservatorship days, Freddie Mac's Mike Lipson tells GlobeSt.com's Erika Morphy. "Securitization is still our main vehicle."

TOWSON, MD-More lenders are offering floating rate financing. Gideon Gil of Cushman & Wakefield explains why one fund opted for it.

STAFFORD, VA-There is also another 150,000 square feet of retail projects in various stages of conversation for the region, Timothy Baroody tells GlobeSt.com's Erika Morphy.

WASHINGTON, DC-Federal Capital Partners began investing in the manufactured housing in 2012 in the Mid-Atlantic. Now it has made its first purchase in New Jersey.

WASHINGTON, DC-They didn't have much clout; they didn't even have a broker at first. But through perseverance – and the growing realization on the part of landlords that space needs are changing, two solar finance companies are settling into their new digs.