ALEXANDRIA, VA-Costco is joining another big box retailer that is also expanding its presence in the area—Walmart.

WASHINGTON, DC-Many have tried to change the tax characterization of carried interest. All have failed. Will the famous publisher succeed where politicians can’t?

BETHESDA, MD-Elsewhere in the area, American Campus acquired a stake in College Park’s Varsity and Cassidy Turley secured $80 million in permanent financing for Potomac Gateway.

WASHINGTON, DC-Not surprisingly the District of Columbia, although not a state, is top of the per-capita list, followed by Colorado, Illinois, Virginia and Washington.

WASHINGTON, DC-ABI Index jumps, so does the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. Meanwhile, the cost of construction materials is edging down.

WASHINGTON, DC-One of its acquisitions, a former charter school in the CBD, is being renovated into an office for which the firm already has potential buyers and tenants, Gary Schlager tells GlobeSt.com’s Erika Morphy.

GAITHERSBURG, MD-The move paid off for the REIT. With Adventist HealthCare taking 69,379-square feet at 820 W. Diamond Ave., other tenants are now expressing interest in the remaining space, CBRE’s Andy Cole tells GlobeSt.com’s Erika Morphy.

WASHINGTON, DC-For one local project it is teaming with Starwood Capital to develop a 287-unit community near the Convention Center, CEO Jim Butz tells GlobeSt.com’s Erika Morphy.