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Top Stories for the Week of April 2, 2007 Print Full Issue   Click Here For Regional Coverage Circuit City Looks To Sell Canadian Units RICHMOND, VA-The electronics retailer is looking to sell its 800 InterTan stores north of the border and is cutting 3,400 jobs. Madison Marquette Leasing Lifestyle Assets WASHINGTON, DC-The firm is exploring adding hotels, office space and expanding the retail space as part of the management strategy. Dollar General Takeover Clouds Store Strategy GOODLETTSVILLE, TN-The retailing giant’s store realignment strategy is being clouded by its $7.3 billion takeover by a New York private equity firm. Applebee’s Woes Leads to Boardroom Battle OVERLAND PARK, KS-A major shareholder blames management for continued trouble at the ubiquitous restaurant company and wants changes at the top. Weingarten Antes Up $165M for 780,000 SF TUCSON-Making its push into the city, the Houston REIT gets an 88%-leased, six-property portfolio from Bourn Partners. Print Top Stories

Features Sovereign Investment’s Peter Mavoides “For the first time in a long time, you have this condition in the capital markets where real-estate capital is cheaper than corporate capital.” Change in Union Recruiting Riles Retailers As a bill that would significantly ease union-member recruitment moves from the House to the Senate, retail and restaurant associations’ opposition ramps up. Check Conversion Is Moving to the Back Office Back-office conversion may provide a better alternative to check processing.

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Family Dollar Opening Kicks Off Retail Drive • Edens & Avant Adds Mixed-Use to Its Strategy • Mayrich Building 19,000-SF Retail Strip • Tiffany Ups Growth With Strong Sales • C&W Will Lease Retail Portion of MXD • Prudential Carruthers Launches 1031 Service • Cleveland Park Retail Trades for $4M • CBRE Creates Local Retail Team	Southeast     Print Full Region • Menin Moves Into SC With Mixed-Use Buy • Investment Group Takes Portion of Center for $11M Plus • Ikea Continues SE Push With 353,000-SF Store • Regency Closes $1.2B Fund's Second Phase • JV Pencils Summer Start for 23-Acre Mixed Use • Related Readies Nine-Tower Buckhead Project • Family Dollar Expands Ready-to-Eat Offerings
Midwest     Print Full Region • Walgreen Posts Record-Breaking Sales • 35 Acres Purchased for 300,000 SF Retail • THF Realty Doubling Center to 768,000 SF • Lowe’s Purchases 11 Acres at New Power Center • Hunt Is on To Fill 127 Acres With Office, Retail • Ikea to Build 1.4M-SF Distribution Center • Rex Reeling, But CEO Predicts Rebound • MLP Building $100M Mixed-Use Infill Project • With Record Sales, DSW Plans 30 New Stores	Southwest     Print Full Region • Owner Refinances Retail Asset, Gets $16M • GameStop Outlines New-Store Plans • US-India Forum: Real Estate's Now Red Hot • $5M Plus Nets Kohl's-Leased Asset • Weitzman Leader Moves To Competitor's Camp
West     Print Full Region • Catellus Details Green Side of Alameda Landing • Green Campus Project Moving Forward • Stadium To Anchor Major Mixed-Use Plan • Insiders Point to Global Opportunities • Riviera Receives, Rejects Highest Offer Yet • Wet Seal to Grow Namesake Stores This Year • Regency Plans 292,000 SF on 26 Acres