Akridge, Stars buy a downtown D.C. office building

Akridge and Stars REI have Fannie Mae surrounded.

The pair just acquired 1025 Vermont Ave. NW, a Class B office building two blocks east of Fannie Mae’s new headquarters, for $48.5 million, according to the D.C. Recorder of Deeds. The seller in the deal, recorded Wednesday, was Carr Properties — the developer of Midtown Center, home to Fannie Mae.

D.C.-based Akridge and Santiago, Chile-based Stars are similarly partnered on the development of 1101 16th St. NW, a boutique office building that…