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Top Stories for the Week of December 17, 2007 Print Full Issue   Click Here For Regional Coverage CompUSA Acquired, Stores Closing DALLAS-DJM Realty is disposing of the 103 stores that are to close, and negotiations have already started for unit sales. Sharper Image Q3 Comps Plunge 15% SAN FRANCISCO-Executives are waiting until after the holiday season to assess potential store closings. Atlanta Officials In Downtown Retail Push ATLANTA-Downtown boosters say the right mix of retail will attract amenity-hungry residents who are needed to help revive the area. General Growth Remodels Montclair Plaza MONTCLAIR, CA-The Chicago-based mall owner and operator plans to start work in January on a renovation of the 39-year-old shopping center. Costco Maintains Store Growth Pace ISSAQUAH, WA-The company plans another 30 new stores for the 2008 fiscal year, the same number of new locations opened in fiscal 2007. Print Top Stories

Features L.L.Bean’s Mary Lou Kelley “If you look at the number one place consumers want to shop, it’s at a retail store.” A New Way to Sell In an increasingly competitive world, retailers are going small and teaming up to win big.

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Jos A. Bank Aims for at Least 600 units • Terrorism Insurance Bill Passes House • Cedar Completes $170M JV, $32M Buy • $30M Bond Issue Readied for Mall • Equity One Hires KeyPoint for Retail Portfolio • 45,000-SF Supermarket Set to Open • Report Finds DC Retail Holding Steady • New Rite Aid Net Leased Store Sells for $8M • Town Gets First New Bank in Decades • Township Will Map Redevelopment Zone	Southeast     Print Full Region • Crosland Fund Eyes $225M in Land Acquisitions • 995-Acre Buy Locks in MXD Plans • 2008 Start Set for $600M Island Gardens MXD • Hobby Lobby Takes 50,000 SF at 162,000-SF Plaza
Midwest     Print Full Region • Kroger Co. Crows About Sales Increases • Yum Sees 20,000 Eventual Units In China • Taubman Sees 3% Rent Increase in 2008 • JLL Adds Standard to Manage Retail Openings • Study: Investors Should Look Outside US	Southwest     Print Full Region • Bourn Plans 1M-SF Destination Retail Site • $30M New Urbanist Project Breaks Ground
West     Print Full Region • Carl’s Jr. Owner Looks for Good Sites • Vegas Retail Market Holds Steady • Vegas to Extend Negotiation with Arena Developer • SF Mayor Proposes Green Building Requirement • Karcher Lands $31M to Develop New HQ • NV Legislative Panel OKs Green Tax Breaks	Global     Print Full Region • GE Pays $301M for 31 German Assets • $965M Delivers Brazil Centers to Brookfield