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Top Stories for the Week of October 30, 2006 Print Full Issue   Click Here For Regional Coverage DDR In $6.2B Inland Deal OAK BROOK, IL-The acquisition will give Developers Diversified Realty 307 shopping centers in the Southeast. Israeli Firm Gets Mills Stake CHEVY CHASE, MD-Gazit-Globe, a firm affiliated with Equity One, buys 5.1 million shares of Mills and plans to spend $1.2 billion on the REIT. Yankee Candle In $1.7B Buyout SOUTH DEERFIELD, MA-A Chicago buyout firm has agreed to acquire the Yankee Candle Co. for $1.7 billion. Financing Trends Keep Changing NEW YORK CITY-Returns on real estate financing are dropping and competition is growing, speakers say at RealShare Structured Finance. Wal-Mart Slashing CapEx BENTONVILLE, AR-The largest retailer in the world is cutting its store-opening plans to 600 units next year. Print Top Stories

Features Fragomen Attorney Cynthia Lange “Informal studies Immigration has conducted say restaurants have higher incidents of undocumented workers.” Holiday Cheer? Most forecasters see a 5% sales increase as more consumers turn to gift cards and the Internet.

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Cheaper Gas Means Higher Sales • Capital Still Chases Real Estate • Lehigh Mall Gets $40M Expansion • Coach Profits Jump 34% • Jones Apparel Loses Ground • JV Begins 800,000-SF Southpointe Town Center • Bon-Ton Buys Parisian Units • Work Begins on Front Street Project • Macy’s Plans Upscale MA Unit • The Plaza Unveils Retail Collection • Rreef Closes OpFund II at Nearly $2B • ING Takes Village Shoppes of Salem for $40M • National Retailers Sign Up for ‘Mini-Lifestyle’ Center in Needham	Southeast     Print Full Region • Land Buy Fuels Mixed-Use Tower Plan • Aaron Rents Adding 350 Stores • Court Decision Paves Way for $60M Bass Pro • Madison Pencils Start for Overton Park Phase II • JV Eyes Second-Half 2007 Start for $500M TOD • Merged Company Sets Sights on Mixed Use • Ikea Breaks Ground on 293,000-sf Store
Midwest     Print Full Region • GlobeSt. Adds Midwest Staff • Omaha In Midtown Plan • IL Town Gets $250M Mixed Use • DDR Still Looking Overseas • Simon Starts IN Open Air • Applebee's Slows Growth • Buffalo Wild Wings Soars • Lauth Names Anchors at Vale’s • State May Take Over Aztar Caruthersville	Southwest     Print Full Region • Brinker Ups Franchise Stake • Colonial Stresses Multifamily in Q3 Call • SoCal Buyer's $22M Ropes 85,729-SF Center • Market Momentum Fuels Fears of Overbuilding • Fort Worth Rainmakers Step Into Spotlight
West     Print Full Region • Anchor Vacancies Bring Options • IHOP Expands Franchising • Demand Keeps Retail Vacancy Down, Rates Rising • Retail Properties Trade for Nearly $42M • 1M-SF ‘World Jewelry Center’ In the Works • San Francisco Piers Negotiated • Ikea Buying Land for 1M-SF Distribution Center