These new interests include mixed-use projects, properties thatare well located in various submarkets and value add opportunitiesthat can be repositioned. "If it can be improved, then it issomething we are willing to take a look at," Boyle says.

The firm would consider a residential component to a retailproject, for example, as well as an office building as an ancillaryuse in a redevelopment. Boyle draws the line at a shift to pureoffice plays. "We are not in the office development business."

The Columbia, SC-based firm's most recent acquisition in the DCarea, a 84,502-sf shopping center in Arlington, VA, for $22 millionthat was reported last week by GlobeSt.com,is an example of this strategy, he adds.

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Erika Morphy

Erika Morphy has been writing about commercial real estate at GlobeSt.com for more than ten years, covering the capital markets, the Mid-Atlantic region and national topics. She's a nerd so favorite examples of the former include accounting standards, Basel III and what Congress is brewing.