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Top Stories for the Week of June 25, 2007 Print Full Issue   Click Here For Regional Coverage Wendy’s Explores Sale of Company DUBLIN, OH-The company is looking at selling the fast-food chain, following an announcement last month that it was exploring strategic alternatives. Limited Takes Further Steps In Restructuring COLUMBUS, OH-In addition to selling its Limited stores and marketing its Express chain, the company is looking to dispose of some real estate and other non-core assets. Kimco Pays $200M-Plus for Suburban Square ARDMORE, PA-The still-thriving, 360,501-sf Main Line shopping center that opened in the late 1920s commands a whopping price in excess of $555 per sf. Tesco's Fresh & Easy Hitting San Diego SAN DIEGO-The UK-based retail giant unveils plans for the first Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market stores in this market. Pier 1 To Close 100 Shops, Get Back to Basics FORT WORTH, TX-The company is ditching its clearance centers and Pier 1 Kids stores in the purge. Print Top Stories

Features Rainforest Café Creator Steve Schussler "We like to think of it as we don’t build restaurants, we build attractions." Catalog Call Centers Outrank Others Although customer satisfaction with catalog retailers’ call centers ranks well, these merchants are missing opportunities.

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Report Predicts a Modest Back-To-School Season • Eatery Plans Franchise Rollout in NJ, PA • Trinity Closes on $90M Girard Square Lease • $1.2B Apollo JV To Revitalize DC District • Costco Set for Stafford Park • Dorneyville Center Trades in 1031 Exchange • Penn National Agrees to Sell for $8.9B • Fundamentals Are Sound Even as Market Slows • Two Liberty Trolls for a Restaurateur • $33M Could Take Natural Bridge, Plus 1,600 Acres • Lake Shore Plaza to Undergo Renovation • Pressman Replaces Pralle at GE Real Estate	Southeast     Print Full Region • Darden Says US Could See 900 Olive Gardens • Circuit City’s Q1 Comps Drop 5.6% • Benihana’s Small Chains Thrive, Expand • 43,000-SF Retail Plaza Trades for $9M
Midwest     Print Full Region • Best Buy Domestic-Store Sales Hit Slump • Forest City Starting Billions in Construction • Inland’s Investment to Yield $1B in Projects • Sonic Continues Solid Store, Sales Growth • Bakers Footwear Again Fails to Get a Grip • Lowe’s Signs Lease for 140,000-SF Store • Thompson Thrift Developing $10M Retail Center • 19,207-SF Glencoe CarMax Acquired for $13M	Southwest     Print Full Region • Whole Foods Selling Henry's, Sun Harvest • Inland Puts Up $36M for 183,024-SF Power Center • Eckerd's Benched Inroad Nets $38M for Developer • Glimcher Ventures Plans $20M Shopping Center • Cornerstone Will Start $11M Center in Fall
West     Print Full Region • Sharper Image Same-Store Sales Fall 22.3% • $4.8B Echelon Place Gets Under Way • NewMark Merrill Debuts Grove Marketplace • MGM, Kerzner Talking JV for North Strip Site