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Top Stories for the Week of August 21, 2006 Print Full Issue   Click Here For Regional Coverage Mills Selling Foreign Assets CHEVY CHASE, MD-The firm is selling its interests in centers in Canada, Scotland and Spain in a deal to close by the end of September. Jones Comes Off the Block NEW YORK CITY-The company doesn’t feel that the level of interest it received justified a sale, executives say. Foot Locker Reviews Alternatives NEW YORK CITY-The retailer’s chief exec says Evercore Partners has been hired to improve performance and didn’t comment on sale rumors. Staples Adding 100 Units FRAMINGHAM, MA-Office supply retailer Staples says it plans to open 100 stores in North America this year and will expand into Taiwan. Bombay Exiting Kids Division FORT WORTH-The company will close 30 stores, converting the Kids units to its core chain. Print Top Stories

Features Archon’s Lance Taylor “[LEED certification] is like painting a house. The hard work is not the paint. It’s the prep work.” Shortening Remodel Depreciation A Senate proposal would make 15-year remodeling depreciation permanent.

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Talbots Plans 69 New Units • M&As Benefit TJX Results • Barnes & Noble Profits Up • Ground Is Broken for $500M South Bronx Mall • Ruling May Not Affect Ikea’s Building Plans • Finalists Chosen for AWC’s Waterfront Project • AFR CEO Promises Discipline, Transparency • Former School Gets New Life with $80M	Southeast     Print Full Region • Home Depot In 500 Renovations • Dillard’s Posts Unexpected Profit • Council Greenlights IKEA Plan • Energy Costs Hurt Wal-Mart • Citi Trends Hits New Markets • Sizeler Sale Disputed • DDR Center In NC Fills Up • Pell City Marketplace Trades for Nearly $9M
Midwest     Print Full Region • Sears Considers Acquisitions • Limited Chains’ Comps Soar • Ikea Plans Ohio Entry • St. Louis Mixed Use On Track • Highland Plaza Hits Sales Block at $40M • CBL Inks 57,266 SF at Brookfield Square	Southwest     Print Full Region • Men's Wearhouse Ramps Up • Strong Development, Expansion for Retail Sector • 50 Acres in Line for Retail Development • Office, Retail Land Play Under Contract
West     Print Full Region • Design Within Reach Refocuses • Gap Profit Sinks • Reused CA Mall On Market • Bella Terra Nears Completion • $23M Buys Part of Converted Kmart Center • Trail’s End Marketplace Trades at $30M • Water, Solar Power to Run 93-Acre Shipyard Redo • Turner Sells Riverwalk Project Phase III • H&M Inks 12,600-SF Lease at Bay Street Mall • Vegas Gaming Revenue Falls