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Top Stories for the Week of April 16, 2007 Print Full Issue   Click Here For Regional Coverage March Same-Store Sales Jump 5.9% NEW YORK CITY-An early Easter and warm weather in March help retailers, especially department stores, post better-than-expected gains. Unibail To Buy Rival Rodamco for $15B PARIS-The deal bolsters Unibail’s swath of office, retail and convention-related properties by adding a vast portfolio of prime shopping centers. Pier 1 Begins Turnaround Strategy FORT WORTH, TX-The struggling chain is closing 60 stores this year as part of its turnaround efforts while only opening five new ones. Baker’s Footwear Treading Cautiously in 2007 ST. LOUIS-Steps are being taken to stem a financial slowdown that disrupted the fourth quarter of 2006. Rite Aid Measures Acquisition Store Closings CAMP HILL, PA-Executives won’t announce a decision on store closures until the acquisition of 1,850 Brooks and Eckerd stores is finalized next month. Print Top Stories

Features William Marquard On Wal-Mart “Wal-Mart is actually approaching 1% of the global economy right now.” Pyramid Sale: Ongoing Trend or the End? A potential sale of the nation’s 27th largest owner of retail space stirs speculation over who might buy. Check Conversion Is Moving to the Back Office Back-office conversion may provide a better alternative to check processing.

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • General Growth To Manage the Shops at Georgetown • Cedar JV Buys Rights for 700,000-SF Center • Vornado’s 2006 Retail Re-Ups Rise Up 33% • Commercial Real Estate Is Still Hot in Manhattan • Leesburg Retail Trades for $22M • $12M Refi Set for Shopping Center • Planet Fitness Leases 22,000 SF • Ginsberg Pays $8M for Sinking Spring Plaza • $6M Takes Grocery-Anchored Center	Southeast     Print Full Region • Ruby Tuesday Plans 65 New Locations • Krispy Kreme Cuts Loss, Hopes to Grow • Tractor Supply Q1 Comps Rise 8.5% • Ruth's Chris Plans Sites as Sales Rise • Works Starts on 115,000-SF Retail Condo Project • Two Centers Get $26M in Permanent Financing • Electronics Retailer Inks 270,000-SF Industrial Deal
Midwest     Print Full Region • McDonald’s Q1 Comps Jump 6.3% • Milwaukee Area To Get New Office/Retail Building • Menards Buys 24 Acres for 200,000-SF Store	Southwest     Print Full Region • Retail Owner Maps New Course With $271M Refi • Regency Plans 127,503-SF Center Near Houston • Retail Developer Adds Projects, Leasing Team • Phoenix Pros Explore City's Outlook
West     Print Full Region • REI Anchors GGP's Portland Mall Expansion • California Pizza Kitchen Comps Rise 4.7% • Mixed-Use Deal Includes Rent Guarantee • Nevada Casinos Increase Monthly Take • Hypo Loans $520M for Snowmass Base Village • 60 LOIs In Hand for World Jewelry Center Offices • Gaming Index Posts Largest Monthly Decline