Congress to consider new real estate lease prospectuses

A House committee is slated to take up its first batch of real estate prospectuses of the 113th Congress, a step federal leasing experts say is an encouraging sign the federal government will be taking a more active role in the Washington region’s office market.

The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will meet Thursday to consider the 16 prospectuses for agencies ranging from a 77,000-square-foot lease extension for the Department of Justice’s civil division at 20 Massachusetts Ave.…