ROCKVILLE, MD-Meso Scale Diagnostics is taking all the space at 1701 Research Blvd., which BioMed acquired about six months ago.

WASHINGTON, DC-This is the second drop in a row captured by the Real Estate Roundtable’s Sentiment Index and worse, it has now reached the lowest point since 2009.

WASHINGTON, DC-It is a common misperception that most of the 707 TARP banks have paid back the funds, according to the Special Inspector General for TARP report. In fact, only the largest banks have exited the program.

WASHINGTON, DC-Multi-Employer Property Trust is acquiring Woodland Park Crossing in Herndon, VA and Penn Mar Shopping Center in Forestville, MD.

WASHINGTON, DC-The GSE’s brain trust is in constant turnover mode now as it loses its second leader within the last few years.

WASHINGTON, DC-Rezoning is one way to do it, the National Restaurant Association discovered with its sale of 1200 17th St. to First Potomac and Akridge.

WASHINGTON, DC-The company is bringing on board two senior vice presidents and seven associates as it eyes national growth and a doubling of its revenues, COO Mark Ezra tells GlobeSt.com’s Erika Morphy.

The US debt rating gets downgraded. S&P flip flops on its CMBS rating criteria. The GSEs are flourishing despite their impending demise. It is a strange, strange world that commercial real estate borrowers must navigate now.