New York City-based Kostelanetz & Fink LLP has launched a Washington practice. The law firm opened in D.C. — its first office outside of Manhattan in 60 years of operation — at 601 New Jersey Ave. NW. It will serve as an extension of the firm’s government-oriented tax, regulatory and white-collar criminal work, said Bryan Skarlatos, its managing partner, in a statement. Caroline Ciraolo and Jay Nanavati, both formerly of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Tax Division, will head the new office…
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Corporate Office Properties Trust and Akridge have locked down Morrison & Foerster LLP as the anchor for a new office building at 2100 L St. NW, the former site of the Humane Society of the U.S. headquarters. The law firm has executed a lease for 81,300 square feet in the 10-story, 190,000-square-foot office building. Washington, D.C.-based Akridge and Columbia-based COPT (NYSE: OFC) expect to kick off construction in the second quarter of 2018, with delivery scheduled for the first quarter of 2020. The…
Monumental Sports & Entertainment has a new major investor in Laurene Powell Jobs, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. Powell Jobs, the widow of Apple founder Steve Jobs, will invest enough — estimated in the “hundreds of millions of dollars” — to take about a 20 percent stake in Monumental, the company that controls the Washington Wizards, Washington Capitals, Washington Mystics, Capital One Arena and numerous other holdings, the paper reported. Monumental Sports also owns and operates the…
Good morning, and happy Tuesday. Expect much of the same today from the weather, with cooler temperatures this morning before reaching the low 70s in the afternoon. Here are eight things to know to get your day started. Reaction continues to pour in regarding the mass shooting in Las Vegas that left 59 people dead and more than 500 wounded. President Trump said he would visit the city on Wednesday, and Nevada politicians offered their support to victims and their families. Other lawmakers in Congress…
The deal appears to be the first major acquisition in Maryland for the Paris-based firm and comes amid a wave of new development activity in downtown Bethesda.
“The project is rather complicated,” a city official said last week.
How much does Chris Davis make in a year? Enough that he could afford to buy almost 80 houses in the Baltimore area. The latest data from Bright MLS shows that the median sale price of Greater Baltimore homes in August was $265,000, which is more than affordable for Davis, who made $21.12 million this year, according to sports salary website Spotrac. Davis, the Orioles first baseman, tops this year’s List of the highest-paid athletes in Baltimore. He barely edged out Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco,…
