NORWALK, CT—Matrix Investment Group, LLC has acquired 535 Connecticut Ave., a 179,000-square-foot office building here for $13.5 million.

NEW YORK CITY—Due to the consolidation of Continental Grain Co., which has occupied the space for decades, the 50,000-square-foot duplex penthouse office at 277 Park Ave. has hit the market.

WASHINGTON, DC—The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee did not have any lease prospectuses by the General Services Administration to act upon at its markup session on Wednesday, but the agency says some large deals are in the pipeline.

ARLINGTON, VA—The largest property owner here—Vornado Realty Trust—is looking to redevelop a section of Crystal City with a mixed-use development featuring one office and one residential tower.

DANVERS, MA—Commercial real estate financing company Walker & Dunlop Inc. reports it provided $70.5 million in financing for the acquisition of Avalon Danvers apartment complex here by The DSF Group.

MIAMI—Multifamily real estate investment firm Lloyd Jones Capital as added Gerald Jorge as vice president of investments.

CHARLOTTE, NC—Locally-based Multi Housing Advisors reports it has brokered three multifamily sales in the state of South Carolina totaling more than $39 million.

SECAUCUS, NJ—Bolstered by some recent large transactions, area industrial brokers are signing the praises of the industrial market in the communities surrounding the Meadowlands.