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Top Stories for the Week of December 10, 2007 Print Full Issue   Click Here For Regional Coverage Retailers Post November Improvement NEW YORK CITY-Same-store sales rose 3.5% in November, but retailers could have been helped by a calendar shift, ICSC reports. Panel: Population Growth Spurs Green Building PHOENIX-Society is pushing for environmentally-friendly projects, and the globe’s population growth demands them, ICSC speakers say. Bobby Flay Launching Burger Chain NEW YORK CITY-The celebrity chef has three signed leases for his Bobby’s Burger Palace concept and plans to open five to 10 a year. Kirkland’s Plans Closures of Many Mall Stores JACKSON, TN-The firm says it may close up to 130 stores in the next 18 months, most of them being mall-based. Krispy Kreme Foresees Store Closings WINSTON-SALEM, NC-The doughnut chain expects franchisees to close a substantial number of stores, it says in reporting a quarterly loss of $798,000. Print Top Stories

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Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Magic Presses for More Urban Retail • American Eagle Takes Office, Retail Space • AVR Realty Grabs Logan Center for $104M • Willett Partnership Buys 75% Stake in Center • A&P Closes on $1.4B Purchase of Pathmark • Hampshire Buys 113,000-SF Center • Hodos Joins CBRE Retail Group as EVP • Chestnut Street’s Renaissance Speeds Sale • Retail Center Gets Four New Tenants • Eatery Leases 7,500 SF at Courtyard • Michener Art Museum Plans $10M Expansion	Southeast     Print Full Region • CBL, TRS To Acquire Retail, Office for $541M • City Furniture Readies Entry Into Southwest FL • Stonemar, Kimco Take Deed to 350,000-SF Center • Harris Teeter-Anchored Center Sale Nears $13M • Three Centers Get First Mortgages Totaling $17M
Midwest     Print Full Region • Big Lots Plans More Stores, but Lowers Comps • Papa John’s Concentrates Expansion Overseas • Gander Mtn. Acquires Overton’s for $70M • Casey’s General Stores Ponders Acquisitions • Freed Signs More Retail Tenants to Block 37 • Lauth Teams Up for $70M Bradley Center Retail • Investors Open $100M Promenade at 75% Leased	Southwest     Print Full Region • Globalization Impacts Retail Industry • Glimcher Ventures Plans $100M, 52-Acre MXD • Diversified Prepares for 214,400-SF Mesa Ranch • RLand Properties Unveils Plans for Retail Trio • Community Center Plan Backs $8M Land Play • Younan, ClubCorp Craft Renewal, $3M Club Redo
West     Print Full Region • Guess Sees Profit in Adding Stores • Cost Plus Posts $14M Q3 Loss • 19 Big A Drug Store Leases Go Out for Bid • Fresh & Easy Anchors Two Inland Centers • $3B Grand Avenue Project Starts Construction • $2B Palazzo Opens Next Month, Retail in January • REIT Refis, Funds Center Via $252M Loan • $34M Buys 62,000-SF Retail Center • Experts Optimistic About Green Tech • Firms' Shareholders OK Grubb-NNN Merger