Acquisitions

Phillips Edison & Co., a Baltimore-based owner and manager of community shopping centers, purchased the 83,438-square-foot Orchard Plaza in Altoona, Pa. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Williams Scotsman acquired 330 mobile units from Fort Worth, Texas-based General Modular Corp. The newly acquired units will be added to the Baltimore firm's Dallas/Fort Worth branch operation.

Awards

Blind Industries and Services of Maryland received an Employment Retention/Growth/Upward Mobility Award from the National Industries for the Blind.

Contracts

General Physics Corp., headquartered in Elkridge, was awarded a contract for pressure and hazardous material systems certification by the Air Force. The one-year base contract, with up to eight annual options, has a potential value of $22.9 million.

Expansion

Erickson Retirement Communities, a Catonsville-based developer and operator of senior and continuing-care communities, broke ground for a retirement and multicare living facility in Forsyth County, Ga.

Foundation News

Catholic Health Initiatives made a $10 million investment in Bethesda-based Calvert Social Investment Foundation's Community Investment Notes program.

On the board

Sourcefire Inc. of Columbia named former Cybertrust chief executive John C. Becker and John C. Burris, a senior vice president of Citrix, to its board of directors.

Openings

Golf Galaxy opened its third Maryland store at 803 Goucher Blvd.

Cubellis, a national architecture, interior design and engineering services firm, opened a Baltimore office at 500 E. Pratt St. The Inner Harbor location will be under the supervision of managing principal John Larsen and principal Chris Bauer.

Organizations

Baltimore Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association named Dennis Kelly, of TBB Global Logistics, as its president.

The Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association, based in Annapolis, appointed Paolo Marcucci, president and CEO of Kedrion, to its board.