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Top Stories for the Week of May 29, 2007 Print Full Issue   Click Here For Regional Coverage Payless Strikes $800M Deal to Buy Stride Rite TOPEKA, KS-The all-cash offer will produce a new company, Collective Brands Inc., that will hold licenses for top brands. Target Corp. Braces for Potential Slowdown MINNEAPOLIS-Although first-quarter profits and sales rose, the discount chain saw weakness in discretionary buys, offset by lower-margin consumables. Boyd JV Unveils $500M Retail Development LAS VEGAS-The Boyd Gaming Corp. and General Growth plan the 300,000-sf project at the gaming firm's $4 billion Echelon development. 26-Property Retail Portfolio To Trade for $400M ROCKLAND, MA-The 26-property package is selling for around $400 million to a Denver REIT and Connecticut real estate advisor. MGM To Anchor 200,000-SF Lifestyle Center SHANGHAI-The entertainment/retail complex is slated to open by 2010 when the World’s Fair Expo will be held. Print Top Stories

Features Alexander Babbage’s McKeon “The advent of lifestyle centers has driven people toward more destination-type shopping.” Prices at the Pump Again Threaten Retail As consumers head into the unofficial start of summer, gas prices hit an all-time high, disposable dollars shrink and confidence sinks.

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Staples Tempers Outlook as Sales Soften • Urban Outfitters Plans ‘Greenhouse’ Units • Acadia Realty Trust Forms $500M Equity Fund • Conroy Makes Plans for $700M MXD Project • Global Gaming Sees Gangbuster Growth • New York Sports Clubs to Open at Trump Plaza • Muvico Takes 92,000 SF at Uptown Worthington • Kalmon Dolgin Acquires $8M Portfolio • Merlin Closes $1.9B Tussauds Buy	Southeast     Print Full Region • Retail Leads New Construction in Q1 • More Cash Flashed Up Front for Outback • $19M Funds Work on 123,542-SF MXD Project • Jobs, Population Growth Spur Current Market
Midwest     Print Full Region • Trump Says Big Retail Names Seek Chicago Site • Schussler, RED Plan 40 New Entertainment Venues • Owner Sells Orchard Place Retail for $40M • HomeMade Pizza More Than Doubles Locations • Callahan To Talk Trizec, EOP • iCap Opens First Office in Buckeye State	Southwest     Print Full Region • Marketplace's Location Makes LED Signs Doable • $190M MXD Plan Awaits Hotel Developer • 1031 Exchange Buyer Gets 34,500-SF Retail Asset • SCI Opens Austin Door With Off-Market Retail Buy • First Hartford Realty Plans 1M-SF-Plus Retail
West     Print Full Region • Retailers See Expansion, Challenge in China • Regency Moves Ahead on 700,000-SF Center • CIP Venture Sells Revamped Retail for $22M • $182M Refi Fuels Everest's $210M MXD Project • Tracinda Corp. Eyes Bellagio, CityCenter • Plise Planning $2B Mini-City in Henderson • MGM Closes $444M North Strip Land Buy • JC Penney Plans 436,000-SF Logistics Center