WASHINGTON, DC- Duncan, SVP and chief economist of the Mortgage Bankers Association, is leaving his position to join the GSE as it reports significant financial losses for Q4 '07.

CLAYMONT, DE-The Galman Group is receiving more debt for its acquisition of Whitney Apartments through a Fannie Mae program in exchange for property improvements.

RICHMOND, VA-Northwestern Mutual is preleasing 46,500 sf of office space on the first floor of the building, which is delivering this spring.

Grubb & Ellis Realty Investors' new wealth management platform has already secured commitments for approximately $182 million in equity, currently being deployed into new acquisitions.

CUMBERLAND, MD-Approximately one-third of the five-story 120,000-sf building here is already preleased to Western Maryland Health System.

WASHINGTON, DC-Occupancy rates in the East End are very tight as tenants stay put in their buildings and large blocks of available space remain scarce.

'In this environment, where traditional sources are getting skittish, anything that can improve the finances of a project will be looked at even more closely than in the past.'

WASHINGTON, DC-The Federal Aviation Administration is filling space in a building that had been vacated by the IRS several weeks ago.