Urban Investment Partners (UIP) and Criterion Holdings have acquired two Maryland apartment communities with a total of 385 units for $39,340,000. An affiliate of New York City-based Starr International Company provided equity and is a limited partner in the new ownership group. The seller, represented by CBRE Mid-Atlantic Multifamily Investment Sales Team, was a partnership between Boston-based Intercontinental Real Estate and Sawyer Realty Holdings.