Acquisitions
Phillips Edison & Co., a retail real estate management and development company, purchased Powell Villa, a community shopping center in Portland, Ore.
Awards
Imre Communications was named Best in Show in the Public Relations Society of America's Best in Maryland competition for its work for Travelers Insurance.
Community Health Charities presented Donald P. McPherson III, an attorney with DLA Piper Rudnick, with the 2007 Joseph Forni Award, and Jan Thompson, president of the Maryland chapter of the Arthritis Foundation, was named Volunteer of the Year.
Contracts
Dialysis Corp. of America, based in Linthicum, entered into a three-year contract to provide dialysis services to admitted patients at Maryland General Hospital.
Organizations
Andrew Persily, a group leader with the Gaithersburg-based National Institute of Standards and Technology, has been elected vice president of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.