WASHINGTON, DC-An Arlington-based nonprofit signs a $100-million contract to buy the much-prized Pennsylvania Avenue development site where it plans to build new Newseum, and pay installments of $10 million. DC Council has yet to approve the sole-source transaction.

PHOENIX-Scottsdale officials are worried about the $100-million investment of public funds in a $557-million mixed-use project being developed by Steve Ellman and are demanding that he hand over sensitive financial information.

MILPITAS, CA-The independent supplier of storage management software buys the property for development of a second Silicon Valley campus. The first one, in Mountain View, will be completed in June.

LARKSPUR, CA-Using funds from recent industrial property sales, Spieker Properties picks up Drakes Landing for $330 per sf. The purchase gives Spieker 390,000 sf of space and a dominant position in the submarket.