NORFOLK, VA-Harbor Group’s management company will be managing some 4,200 apartment units still owned by Great Atlantic Management. The deal will help Harbor realize greater efficiencies from its $165.9 million acquisition of Great Atlantic’s 2,508 apartment units earlier this year.

WHEATON, MD-This submarket next to Silver Spring is often overlooked, but Lowe Enterprises thinks it is on the brink of becoming a pedestrian-friendly enclave, VP Joe Carrol tells GlobeSt.com’s Erika Morphy.

ARLINGTON, VA-ATK has announced it is relocating its headquarters here from Minnesota. Other deals are being inked by the Employee Benefits Corp. of America at Tysons Dulles Plaza III and a federal government 112,500-square foot lease in Lorton.

WASHINGTON, DC-The president has presented Congress with a package of tax cuts and spending initiatives that range from an infrastructure bank to tax incentives for firms that hire the long-term unemployed.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA-A local investment group acquired a 16,510-square foot retail store here, which is indicative of a larger trend, Calkain Cos.’ Andrew Fallon tells GlobeSt.com's Erika Morphy.

RESTON, VA-The sale follows a lease the company signed at the building last year for 221,326-square feet that was valued at $105.8 million.

It is not difficult to find bad news over which to angst. For example, the latest data from the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, an informal survey of business sentiment, showed an alarming drop in activity in the Mid-Atlantic. Namely Philadelphia and Richmond both reported weaker overall economic activity. As for bank lending and commercial real estate - well, need I even elaborate? They have been, and still remain, lackluster sectors at best. …

WASHINGTON, DC-Still beating the overall market, REITs are nonetheless facing some challenges to growth, both in the market and by regulators.