BALTIMORE-After taking a look around Downtown and toying with options in suburban Maryland, T. Rowe Price decides to keep its headquarters at 100 E. Pratt St., renewing its lease for a long term and extending its occupancy from 300,000 sf to 376,000 sf.

WASHINGTON, DC-According to a recent survey of members of the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate, overseas investors will decrease acquisitions of properties in the US. This will reduce the US portion of their international acquisitions from 71% in 2004 to an estimated 55% this year.

WASHINGTON, DC-The Phoenix Park Hotel, a boutique hotel on Capitol Hill, is now under new management. Crestline Hotels & Resorts Inc. takes over direction of the 150-room property, which is on the Historic Hotels list of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

WASHINGTON, DC-Working with the US Department of Homeland Security, real estate industry leaders--operating through the Real Estate Information Sharing and Analysis Center--launch a campaign to draw commercial property owners' attention to the importance of taking steps now to protect their assets in the event of a terrorist attack.

MILLERSVILLE, MD-Three multifamily properties with a total of 528 rental units find new owners in Berkshire Income Realty Inc., courtesy of two recent transactions valued at $34.3 million. The properties include Olde Mill Apartments in Millersville, and Country Place I Apartments and Country Place II Apartments in Burtonsville.

ROCKVILLE, MD-In a deal valued at a reported $22.3 million, Wells Real Estate Investment Trust takes ownership of Shady Grove V. The 108,000-sf office facility is fully occupied by the federal government and marks Wells REIT's third purchase in the Shady Grove Executive Center.

WASHINGTON, DC-Financing to the tune of $7.8 million closes for Hawthorn Suites Herndon, a 104-room hotel located just four miles from Washington Dulles International Airport. The permanent fixed-rate loan refinances an existing interim loan on the four-story, six-year-old property.

FAIRFAX, VA-In an $11.6-million transaction, Rosenthal Properties LLC and Elm Street Holdings LLC jointly acquire the Pickett Road Portfolio, a four-building industrial/flex property off Route 50. The 109,000-sf grouping is fully occupied by 20 tenants, including Inova Health System.