WASHINGTON, DC-Certainly USAA Real Estate Co.’s $365-million acquisition there suggests it might be, Cassidy Turley’s Bill Collins tells GlobeSt.com.

WASHINGTON, DC-The addition of these top sales professionals in the DC area comes as Cushman & Wakefield continues to build out its Mid-Atlantic platform.

ALEXANDRIA, VA-AION Partners and the Carlyle Group were able to grab the 570-unit complex when it became available via a narrow window, AION Partners’ Michael Betancourt tells GlobeSt.com.

NORFOLK, VA-There is another $100 million in assets from Great Atlantic portfolio that will be closing in a separate deals in the coming weeks.

The debt ceiling debate in Congress, plus the end of the QE2 bond-buying program, have some analysts predicting a 100-basis-point rise in interest rates that will start in June.

WASHINGTON, DC-The buyers, American Real Estate Partners and the Davis Cos., are planning a renovation of these offices, including a possible expansion, American CEO Doug Fleit tells GlobeSt.com’s Erika Morphy.

WASHINGTON, DC-It is welcome news for the industry association, NAREIT, as it kicks off its annual conference.

ARLINGTON, VA-Bryce Blair and his successor, Timothy J. Naughton, will be on a NAREIT panel tomorrow and will address the executive changes then, a company spokesman tells GlobeSt.com’s Erika Morphy.