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Top Stories for the Week of March 19, 2007 Print Full Issue   Click Here For Regional Coverage $7.3B Deal Snaps Up Dollar General GOODLETTSVILLE, TN-The 8,260-store discount chain is being acquired by private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in a deal that will take the retailer private. Linens 'n Things Slows Growth In Turnaround CLIFTON, NJ-The retailer will slow its store-opening program, with executives planning 20 units this year, down from 31 in 2006. Aeropostale Plans To Grow Store Base NEW YORK CITY-Coming off a prosperous year, the purveyor of youth-oriented fashion is stepping up expansion of its retail base, planning 1,000 units. Children’s Place Focuses On Prototype Stores SECAUCUS, NJ-The company is rolling out new store sizes in its flagship brand to make way for a new shoe department, while Disney Stores are pending an entire new look. Pacific Sunwear Plans 74 Store Closings ANAHEIM, CA-The teen and young adult clothing retailer, suffering an earnings plunge, sees the closings as a step toward greater profits. Print Top Stories

Features Jones Lang LaSalle’s Longmore “With open air, you’ve got to be a little bit more flexible.” Success Calls for Innovation Studies rank winning retailers and tell what put them on top and will help them stay there. When Companies Over Invest "A retailer can’t afford to be shy about having its weaknesses thoroughly assessed."

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Smith & Wollensky Offer Upped By Landry’s • Dick’s Sporting Goods' Sales Hit $1B • Bon-Ton Continues To Integrate Assets • J. Crew’s Sales Soar 20% In Fiscal 2006 • PREIT Sells Schuylkill Mall for $24 PSF • Real Estate Media Broadens Online Coverage • Mixed-Use Asset Trades at University of Delaware • Cosi Will Open Second City Eatery • New Owner Plans Shopping Center Upgrade • Five Leases Signed at Mixed-Use Development • 330,000-SF Mall Project Gets Under Way • NJ Retail Vacancy Rate Drops Below 3% • Bozzuto Plans $180M Retail, Multifamily Pipeline • Ground Breaks for Mixed-Use Fordham Place Project	Southeast     Print Full Region • Firm Secures $87M for Applebee's Sale-Leaseback • Raving Brands Chains Look East • 233,930-SF Shopping Center Sells for $68M • NAP Pencils June Start for $60M Retail Center • 99,388-SF Mixed Use Trades for $25M
Midwest     Print Full Region • Rebounding Big Lots Curbs Expansion • Nassimi Reveals Owners in Four-Center Buy • Midwest’s First Green-Minded Wal-Mart Opens • Tenants Switch in Renovation at Southland • Construction to Begin on $400M Loyola Station • JV Buys, Builds About $400M of Retail Space	Southwest     Print Full Region • Consortium Planning $3.5B Spirit Buy-Out • Ohio Buyer Tackles 166,000-SF Retail Center • Trademark Expands Watters Creek Development • New East Side Driver Is $30M Int'l Mixed-Use
West     Print Full Region • Centerra Unveils 1M SF of Mixed Uses • Tully’s Coffee To Make Public Offering • Hot Topic Still Struggles, Sees Flat Growth • LV Sands Units Amend $2.5B Credit Agreement • Garden Walk Starts Via $210M Loan • Hard Rock Hotel Set for Major Expansion • Marino Investments Plans Two-Phase Center • RBL Prepares for Residential-Over-Retail Project • Industry's Mixed Signals Take Center Stage • Power Center Commands Nearly $74M • SKB Acquires $78M Center With Upside • Bollinger Files Suit Against Westfield • Hopkins Launches Talega Retail Center • Two Colorado Retail Brokerages Joining Forces	Global     Print Full Region • Euro REITs Unfazed by US Private Trend • Japanese Economy Geared for Real Estate Growth • Global Mayors See Environment as Key • German Lender Targets 20 US MSAs