SILVER SPRING, MD-The 150,000-sf Discovery Creative & Technology Center brings in $33 million in a transaction between seller Kennett Street Venture and buyer the Brick Cos. The class A building is fully leased by offices of Discovery Communications Inc.

MCLEAN, VA-Lawyers investigating alleged accounting transgressions that caused three years of earnings statements to be off by anywhere from $1.5 billion to $4.5 billion, concluded that the recently removed Freddie Mac leadership team deliberately violated legal accounting procedures.

CHESAPEAKE, VA-The 137,000-sf Crossways I office property welcomes a new tenant with Sentara Healthcare's recent commitment to 40,000 sf of space under a 10-year lease agreement.

WASHINGTON, DC-The FHA Multifamily Loan Limit Adjustment Act of 2003 moves closer to becoming law as the US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on Housing and Community gives the legislation the thumbs up via a recent voice vote.

BETHESDA, MD-At long last, things are looking up in the hospitality industry, and the Plasencia Group's advisory services for Host Marriott Corp.'s recent disposition of three hotels points to that emerging trend.

BALTIMORE-The apartment market remains strong in the city, as is evidenced by Arbor Commercial Mortgage LLC and Arbor Realty Trust Inc.'s recent construction of a 12-loan, $136 million loan package.

BETHESDA, MD-Three Bethesda Metro Center brings the big bucks in the form of a $175 million refinancing package, courtesy of GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corp. The combination mixed-use property consists of a 365,000-sf office component and a 390-room luxury hotel.

CHESAPEAKE, VA-The 90,000-sf Arc Ice Sports center gets a new name--Chilled Ponds Ice Sports Complex--and a new celebrity owner as former NHL player Patrick Cavanagh takes over the property in a $9 million deal.