MCF: Developer makes key acquisition to advance one of D.C.'s largest projects

The firm behind one of the largest private developments in the District has made a key acquisition to advance the project. Silver Spring-based Mid-City Financial Corp., owner of the Brookland Manor affordable housing complex in Brentwood, on Wednesday closed on its $14.1 million purchase of the neighboring Brentwood Village Shopping Center. The 2-acre retail center fronts the south side of Rhode Island Avenue NE, east of Brentwood Road and west of Montana Avenue. Michael Meers, Mid-City's executive...