FN/WSJ: AWOL Kazakh banker handed 22-month sentence

FN/WSJ: HSBC views London as potential renminbi hub

Davos expects rise in female executives

Exploring career options outside the City

Wells Fargo leapfrogs HSBC as largest Western bank

Gulf banks in ‘battle for talent’

Meet the new CIO of the Legg Mason Value Trust fund

The curse of 5 Churchill Place

Sears’ possible HQ move: Muscle flexing or actual movement?

Sears looking at D.C. region for headquarters relocation

For sale: Landlords flood market with buildings

Hopkins deal with Chinese firm could create 200 jobs

District gives Georgetown ultimatum on student housing

The murky business of off-market deals

Sampling of May stories

More offshore money flowing into the District

Budget puts General Services Administration projects in limbo

Fate of Landmark Mall could soon come into vision

Losing sites cast doubts on HHS building assessments

Loopnet will strengthen CoStar’s marketing reach

Sampling of stories 4/2 – 4/8

Qatari real estate investment the first of more to come

SEC may not fill any Constitution Center space

House subcommittee calls for uniform federal leasing

Under spending bill, GSA may be unable to pay rent

Sampling of stories 2/28 – 3/4

Metro may sell ground leases

One Mount Vernon square owner is holding out. Is history on his side?

Local real estate experts weigh in on federal real estate panel

Market Square selling to Wells for $615 million

Rent cap alters science foundation’s hunt for space

Sampling of stories 2/21 – 2/25

Cinderella story: A North Capitol property owner may have the glass slipper, but will the clock strike midnight?

McCaffery Interests-Douglas Development partnership buys 675 H St. NW

Law firms take down large block of K Street space

EastBanc plans two new Georgetown projects

Small to midsized firms have their choice of deluxe D.C. sublets

$140M West End trade indicates a market shift

Sampling of stories 2/14 – 2/18:

New federal initiative aims to bolster transit-oriented sites

FEMA delays put vision for St. E’s east campus at risk

NASA, OCC deals cause Southwest shuffle

NASA to stay put in Southwest D.C. building

SEC’s leasing authority is in danger of being revoked

The Carlyle Group signs Rosslyn lease

Rep. Mica tries again with Federal Trade Commission facility bill

Homeland Security: FEMA off at least at year

Obama proposes delaying FEMA headquarters at St. Elizabeths

Stories by topic:

SEC leasing coverage

SEC may not fill any Constitution Center space

House subcommittee calls for uniform federal leasing

OCC signs Constitution Center lease

SEC’s leasing authority is in danger of being revoked

Federal Housing Finance Agency signs Constitution Center lease

OCC to take space at Constitution Center

Formal investigation of SEC lease launched

SEC shifts 740 Va. workers to Constitution Center

SEC clarifies status of Constitution Center space

SEC turns over excess space to the GSA

SEC under scrutiny over real estate leasing decisions

SEC, in funding limbo, looks at returning large amount of space

Tim Jaroch reflects on Securities and Exchange Commission lease at Constitution Center

SEC takes nearly 1 million square feet at Constitution Center

Investment sales activity

Market Square selling to Wells for $615 million

CoStar’s $60 million flip signals new phase for investment sales

Five new projects put Monument back on the map

Real estate investment sales in D.C. doubled in 2010

World Bank (officially) buys 1225 Connecticut Ave. NW from Brookfield Properties

$400M real estate fund follows feds

Trophy building activity reaps rewards of economic recovery

Federal leasing activity

House subcommittee calls for uniform federal leasing

Under spending bill, GSA may be unable to pay rent

Local real estate experts weigh in on federal real estate panel

Rent cap alters science foundation’s hunt for space

State Department to stretch with vast real estate needs

Bethesda swings from empty space to gold rush of new leasing activity

Pentagon takes a new look at Mark Center BRAC move

GSA re-opens DHS solicitation

Details behind Medical Command bid protest decision

Federal judge denies Medical Command Headquarters lease protest

Defense Department re-examines security standards for civilians

Defense Intelligence Agency signs massive Reston lease with Boston Properties

Major GSA lease requests plummet

State Dept. needs space for training facility

GAO knocks down JBG Cos. solicitation protest

Federal Trade Commission space needs could reawaken years-old D.C. historic building fight

Past stories:

Virginia Bar exam tripping up Rosslyn economic development

Montgomery waiver lets financial regulator expand

Vornado sells Pentagon Row for $14.9 million

Equity fuels Abdo’s Gaslight Square project

Joint venture bucks up two Arlington apartment projects

Peterson Cos. execs branch off into new real estate firm

D.C.’s 14th Street YMCA project gets back on track

StonebridgeCarras and Walton Street Capital again go spec at Constitution Square

Cushman & Wakefield’s Underhill takes on the Americas

National Mall restoration plan finalized

Multifamily mogul Federal Capital Partners makes move into retail sector

Springfield Mall

• Fairfax County frustrations mount over Springfield Mall
• Springfield Mall redevelopment could kick off in early 2011
• Vornado Realty Trust buys Springfield Mall mortgage at sharp discount
• Vornado buys Springfield Mall acreage from J.C. Penney
• $160M in debt on Springfield Mall for sale
• Springfield Mall nears foreclosure
• Fairfax Co. OKs Springfield Mall, affordable housing project

Rand business balloons nationally with new offices, partnerships

Dissected D.C. ground lease, building up for grabs

Douglas Development turns over a new PR leaf, taps 360jmg

Ezra bulks up Northern Virginia health, bio team

Douglas Development inks Anthropologie deal for Atlantic Building in Penn Quarter

L’Enfant Plaza building owner sues JBG

Vornado’s Pentagon City plan envisions 2 million-plus square feet

Football and commercial real estate big name Roger Staubach talks merger, fourth quarter of his career

Monday Properties breaks ground on 1812 N. Moore St.

Invesco buys Pennsylvania Avenue Building

Flynn named Loudoun economic development director

Courtyard by Marriott hotel resurrected in Foggy Bottom

Crystal City gets a road map to reinvent itself after BRAC

Potomac Yard One and Two sold for $250M

Corporate Office Properties Trust stretches its presence to D.C.

Foxhall Partners makes retail play in Georgetown

General Services Administration names new local building head

Tw telecom gets aggressive in Washington

GSA awards $176M in stimulus contracts

Wong sells three Chinatown hot spots

New D.C. rules to stem stormwater runoff could cause surge in site costs

JBG to begin Wardman Park project

Kronopolus named regional GSA commissioner

Big development to hit Prince George’s County

VeriSign signs Reston lease at Sallie Mae HQ

New partnership begins buying D.C. apartment buildings

Hopes high for Rushern Baker in Prince George’s County

Paramount Group to buy 1899 Pennsylvania Ave. NW

Tight building security is more necessity than luxury

Jackson-Shaw gets agency, equity for Prince George’s site

Metro hopes third time’s a charm for three Florida Ave. properties

Meet D.C. businesswoman-turned-reality-TV-star Stacie Turner

Industry veterans Herman Diebler and Ken Traenkle join forces to launch Verity

MRP Realty surviving — even thriving — in real estate downturn

REIT bill could open D.C. up for more foreign dollars

Losing bidder protests major General Services Administration lease award

Real estate veteran Mark Cummings puts his money into helicopters

Delinquencies in CMBS loans begin to recede in the region

D.C. housing agency lands bond financing for Riverfront residential and more

Community development groups win millions from Treasury

GSA names Julia Hudson National Capital Region administrator

Marbury Plaza owner to make $5M in improvements

Advanced Management Technology expands Rosslyn office

MRP Realty, Rockpoint Group buy Plaza East

JBG, Grosvenor deal to kick off residential development in D.C.

Metro’s canopy program: On hold until 2016

Integrity Homes sells planned homes at National Harbor

Economic development leaders say it’s too early to panic over DOD plans

Metropolitan Development hires Jones Lang LaSalle for Prince George’s County property

Board of Trade moves to make way for Veterans Affairs

JER Partners sells mezzanine loan

Crimson Partners buys development site in Virginia Square

CQ Roll Call consolidating in NoMa office

Advance Realty signs new deals

Details of West-Group’s Tysons Corner sale

LEEDing the way? Green advocates want feds to spell out performance standards

Metro’s New Carrollton project a go, but old issues dog site

WMATA, Mongtomery County tap B.F. Saul for Wheaton development

University of Maryland, Cordish to develop East Campus

West-Group sells Tysons Corner real estate portfolio to DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners

Prudential Real Estate Investors protest Defense Intelligence Agency solicitation

Prudential Real Estate Investors protest Defense Department Lease

Medical Command lease raises security questions

Defense Department signs big lease in Fairfax County

The backstory: Constitution Square sold to Northwestern Mutual

Northwestern Mutual buys Two Constitution Square for $305 million

VeriSign considers leaving California for N. Va.

KPMG incentives: District’s loss is Fairfax County’s gain

Lehman fund transfer a boon to Monday’s Rosslyn portfolio

Northrop Grumman makes headquarters pick: Merrifield

Avison Young buys McLean’s Appian Realty

Skanksa buys Rosslyn site, plans second spec office

What Obama’s real estate slim-down order (really) means for D.C.

Commercial Real Estate: What Obama’s order means

Obama orders agencies to reduce space needs

Agencies on the march as local BRAC moves get under way

Metro, tall buildings to transform Potomac Yard

Tishman Speyer pays off Brookfield debt on CarrAmerica portfolio

Local agents say low interest rates, not $8,000 federal tax credit drove this spring’s frenetic home sales

D.C. gives JBG deadline on convention hotel appeal

MRP to buy Washington Harbour

For auctioneer Paul Cooper, being busy not always pleasant

Northrop Grumman adds twist to headquarters search

Northrop Grumman selects Northern Virginia

ING nixes sales speculation

Volcano ash strands D.C. Skanska team

GSA goes on leasing spree under Bob Peck

D.C. aims to make St. Elizabeths a model for Obama’s sustainable initiative

How many jobs has stimulus created? Hard to tell

Half Street’s Hole Story

BZA Approval for Armenian Museum

Cluster Luck?

MacArthur Boulevard Townhouses

Plans for West End Library Renovations

Old Town Storage Site Development

The End of Howard Theatre Blues

Pattern Shop Lofts Underway

Douglas’ Plans at Cheverly Metro

Major Tweeking for Tewkesbury

Onyx on First Opens Its Door

Walnut Street Development Sells Mt.Vernon Site

WCI Files for Chapter 11 Banktruptcy

Partial Approval for Armed Forces Retirement Home

Marina View – New Towers Likely in Fall

Washington Hilton Landmarked

West End Retail and Architecture Get Boost

Peck Site Swap Yields Affordable Homes

DC’s Development Pipeline

PentaGONE City

Founder’s Square Approved

Columbia Pike is for Squares

Logan Station Completes Sales

From AWC to NCRC to DMPED, Fenty Lauds Change

District Picks Developer for Old Engine House 10

Graham Calls for Investigation of ADUs

Smithsonian Seeking Museum Architect

Branching Out in Prince George’s County

Four Mile Run

LCOR Wins Tenley/Janney Site

Convention Center Marriott Tiptoes Forward

Centex’s Symphony in MC

NCPC’s Strategic Plan

It’s Konterra County

DOES Seeks Approval for New Digs

Industry Insight: Architect Phil Esocoff

Adams Morgan Church Resurrected as Hotel

Monument vs. Akridge – Everyone Wins

WMATA Florida Avenue Developer Selected

WMATA’s Florida Avenue Project: And Then There Were None?

Monument-Arlington Land Swap Approved

Arlington Safeway Site Receives Approval

Razing the Stakes on Capitol Hill

Industry Insight: Neil Albert on DC Development

Judiciary Square Apartments Rising

Seniors, Rowhouses for Benning Neighborhood

Common Commotion in Rosslyn

Rosslyn’s Tallest Coming Soon

Preliminary Approval in Petworth

JPI’s First Ballpark Delivery

Imperial Intentions in Courthouse

Development Sparks Fly at White Flint Metro

Going for the Gold (and Green) in Southeast

Industry Insight: Michael Stevens on the Capitol Riverfront

Vornado Hits Crystal City Again

LEEDing the Pack Downtown

Esocoff’s Canterbury Tale

Akridge’s Field of Dreams

Crystal City Goes Metropolitan

Columbia Pike: A Streetcar Named Desire

Fire Sale of Land in SW

Andrews Airforce Base BRACing for Growth

Window on Washington Blog – Bush awards teacher of the year, pushes No Child Left Behind

The Palm Beach Post – Workers’ health costs rising 10 times faster than pay

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• Waco Tribune-Herald
• Atlanta Journal Constitution
• Austin American-Statesman

The Palm Beach Post – Report: Medicaid rules to cost Florida nearly $300 million

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• The Orlando Sentinel
• The Daily Press

Austin American-Statesman – Study: Medicaid cuts would cost state $636 million in business

Atlanta Journal Constitution – Materials for abstinence courses flawed, study finds

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• Timesunion.com
• Austin American-Statesman
• PalmBeachPost.com
• wacotrib.com

The Palm Beach Post – PGA, other golf execs tout game’s benefits

Atlanta Journal Constitution: National Park groups fight plan to allow loaded weapons

The Palm Beach Post: Small businesses urge lawmakers to regulate gas prices

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• The Atlanta Journal Constitution
• The Kansas City Star
• communityinvestmentnetwork.org

Florida Q Blog – Wexler to Petraeus, “For What?”

Window on Washington – ‘Destiny’ recreated at White House

The Palm Beach Post – Physicians warn against Medicare cuts

Atlanta Journal Constitution – HIV-positive women not likely to reveal condition

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• Dayton Daily News
• Wellness.com
• Apria.com

Atlanta Journal Constitution – Lobbying for physical fitness

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• Palm Beach Post (with video)
• Apria.com

Atlanta Journal Consitution – Innovative gadgets help elderly live longer at home

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• Palm Beach Post
• Dayton Daily News
• Raleigh News and Observer

Millions of seniors still going hungry, Congress told

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• The Palm Beach Post
• The Detroit News
• The Kansas City Star
• citizen.com
• Poverty News Blog

Ventura County Star – Sioux soldier posthumously awarded Medal of Honor

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• Palm Beach Post
• Atlanta Journal Constitution
• Austin American-Statesman
• Dayton Daily News
• Raleigh News and Observer
• Grand Forks Herald
• Lexington Herald-Leader
• The Columbus Dispatch

Dayton Daily News – Medicare, Medicaid to vote on wider coverage for sleep apnea

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• The Palm Beach Post
• Austin American-Statesman
• Atlanta Journal Constitution

Dayton Daily News – Brown: Bush Budget hurts rural Ohio

Palm Beach Post – Seniors a prime target of foreclosure ‘rescue scams’, panel told

Florida Q Blog – Hastings’ website wins Silver Mouse

Residential Units for Hilton Washington?

NoMa Waitin’ for First Residential Building

“Historic Adaptive Reuse” for Woodley Park

Greenbelt Station Transformation

Howard Town Center to Move Forward Slowly, but Surely

Arlington Strip Mall to Receive Mixed-Use Makeover

Bon Voyage to Vaughn Place Condo Sales

New Digs for Riggs and Dakota

Affordable Housing, Historic Preservation for Arlington’s Buckingham Village Apartments

Cohen Companies Joins Southeast Redevelopment

Two New Marina Views for Southwest

JPI’s 909 New Jersey Avenue SE Project

Florida Avenue Market Redevelopment – What’s Next?

School’s Out, Condos and Townhouses in at Wormley Row

Half Street Project Update

JPI’s “Ballpark” Apartments Begin to Rise

National Harbor Project Update

Rosslyn’s “Central Place” Project Moves Forward

Suiting Up for Redevelopment

A “New Georgetown”…But With Metro!

New Apartment Ready to Join Nationals’ Neighborhood

GWU Squaring Away Old Hospital Site

Sales Begin at Keystone Condos

Second Chance Granted at First Baptist Church

Old Post Office Due for Redevelopment

New Friendship Heights Commercial, Residential Center Gets Underway

Camden USA Buys a Piece of NoMa Pie

Progress in Pointe in Cheverly

Suitland Metro Station to See New Center of Development

Douglas Development Brings Sister Apartment Buildings to Takoma Park

J Street Development Company Set to Revamp Two NoMa Corridor Lots

Anacostia’s Waterfront to Become Social, Business, and Residential Center

Allen says United States should better integrate NGOs into relief

Declining male enrollment could have long-term effects

One school, many campuses

It ain’t Long Island: From 90210