LOS ANGELES-The re-energized and recently renamed brokerage firm attracts stars from four competitors.

ALEXANDRIA, VA-Washington Real Estate Investment Trust has acquired Courthouse Square, a five-story office and retail complex in historic Old Town Alexandria, for $17 million. The Rockville REIT expects to gain money on rent hikes on the 113,000-sf building at 510 and 526 King St.

NEW YORK CITY-Studley has created a service for brokers and clients as an addition to the company's Web site, www.studley.com. The new resource is a customized Web page that is accessible through a link sent in an e-mail message.

DENVER-ProLogis is heading overseas to the 161,000-sf Garonor Park near Paris where it will lease space in ongoing efforts to steer City Reach International in a high-tech undertaking to provide France's first secure IT operation.