Life comes full circle for First Potomac co-founders

Government Properties Income Trust (NASDAQ: GOV) has completed the $167 million sale of a southern Virginia portfolio it picked up through its acquisition of First Potomac Realty Trust to a buyer that’s more than familiar with the commercial real estate.

DSC Partners LLC co-founders Doug Donatelli and Nick Smith, after all, previously acquired the very same properties for First Potomac prior to their 2015 departure from the Bethesda-based real estate investment trust they launched nearly two decades…