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Top Stories for the Week of August 27, 2007 Print Full Issue   Click Here For Regional Coverage Related Cos. Gets N. America Virgin Megastores NEW YORK CITY-The locally based owner will acquire 11 stores nationally with a total 400,000 sf of retail space in a sale expected to close in September. Abercrombie Plans Hollister Flagship, Growth NEW ALBANY, OH-The company is expanding across it chains both domestically and abroad. Ann Taylor Tight Lipped About New Concept NEW YORK CITY-Ann Taylor is launching a chain geared toward the “modern Boomer” in the fall of 2008. GGP Reveals Tenants for $125M Fallen Timbers MAUMEE, OH-Twenty-nine retailers were named for the one million sf retail site, which General Growth says will now include two four-story office buildings nearby. American Eagle Ramps Up Plans for Aerie WARRENDALE, PA-While adding 37 freestanding aerie by American Eagle units this year, the brand will also expand to fitness wear and bath and body. Print Top Stories

Features Weingarten’s Lynn Dehlinger “The high barriers to entry are still there, and they haven’t changed.” Back-To-School Sales Seen As Soft Spending could reach $18.4 billion, say experts, with electronics and technology making an impact.

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Children’s Place Struggles To Keep Mickey • Staples Sales Up, Comp Numbers Down • Dick's Sporting Goods Plans 24 Stores • Talbots, J. Jill Report Same-Store Sales Drop • Forest City Secures $630M Loan for Ridge Hill Project • Casual Male Stretches Out Into Other Arenas • Prime Retail’s Construction Pipeline Tops 1M SF • Harry Potter Boosts Barnes & Noble Comps • $2B Lighthouse Plan Moves Forward • NY Investors Buy Block of Cambridge Buildings • Advance Realty Portfolio May Bring $700M • Stadium Expansion Could Cost $116M • JBG Urban JV Targets $10B in Development • Morton Williams Leases at Newport • Plans for Carried Interest Worry Industry • $19M Permanent Loan Set for Market • Law Lures $175M-Plus for Two Film Studios	Southeast     Print Full Region • Northeast Shows Housing Pickup, Lowe’s Says • DLC Takes 337,000-SF Center for $34M • Macquarie JV Buys 260,000 SF for $27M
Midwest     Print Full Region • Target Posts Solid Results, Cautious On Future • Partnership Plans $100M+ Open Air Center • Main Street Developing $300M In Retail Centers • Tween Blames School Start for 2% Comp Drop • Horizon Snags Three Outlet Centers for $59M • Primestor Starts Construction on $93M Plaza • $65M Mixed-Use Plan To Rise Near Stadium • Phillips Edison Buys Six East Coast Centers • Nassimi Enters Michigan With Two Retail Sites • Freed Redeveloping 600,000-SF Carson Store • Another West Bloomfield Center Sells for $17M	Southwest     Print Full Region • Rental Revenue Lifts Men's Wearhouse • Leonard Green Closes Container Store Deal • Provident Realty Eyeing 600,000-SF Project • JAH Realty Redoing 28-Year-Old Center • Plans Emerge for 35,400-SF MXD
West     Print Full Region • Pacific Sunwear Loss Leaves 'Work to Do' • Ross Sales Rise; Comp Guidance Lowered • Birtcher Development Closes $100M Sale • American Commercial Closes $200M in Retail • CBRE Aims for 'Gold Standard' in Retail • State Awards $154M in Growing Greener Funds • BPG Fund Buys 144,653-SF Shopping Center • GE Venture Buys 99,000-SF Center for $41M • Shapell Leasing Up Plaza at Gale Ranch • Heslin, Becker Merge to Pursue Retail Deals • Credit Concerns Take Center Stage • Harrah’s, AEG Reveal Strip Arena Plans • $800M Casino Project Set to Start in Q1 '08	Global     Print Full Region • CREIT Paying $135M for NScotia Retail Stake • Bulgarian Retail Supply Shooting Upward