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Top Stories for the Week of August 6, 2007 Print Full Issue   Click Here For Regional Coverage Jones Favors Fast Retailing’s Barneys Bid NEW YORK CITY-Istithmar has until Aug. 3 to beat out Fast Retailing Group’s $900-million bid. PREIT Picks Up Pace of Redevelopment PHILADELPHIA-With a 13% increase in net operating income at eight redeveloped properties, the retail REIT targets 12 more redevelopments by 2009. Kentucky Company Buys Five Shopping Center Portfolio NEW YORK CITY-A New York City-based real estate company sells a 700,000-sf five shopping center portfolio in Kentucky and West Virginia at a cap rate of 8.5%. Foot Locker Closing More Stores, Considers Sale NEW YORK CITY-The company is closing 250 units this year, twice as many as were previously forecast. Print Top Stories

Features DJM Realty’s Grasier “There’s still good demand on surplus leases and the landlords have gotten smarter.” KKR Buyout of Macy’s: Deal or No Deal? If a $24-billion buyout of Macy’s really was ever in the offing, did it make sense then, and does it now?

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Kimco Trumpets Results, Ignores Stock Slide • Strong Sales Spur Coach Growth • Crosland Plans 20-Acre Retail Site • American Realty Buys 2nd Waldorf Retail for $39M • Milbrook Scores $30M in Acquisition Capital • Richmond Retail Trade Reflects Market’s Lure	Southeast     Print Full Region • Regency Centers' Net Income Hits $44M • Ruth’s Chris Opening Its First Japan Unit • SCI Acquires 334,000 SF of Retail Space • Tampa Council Greenlights 353,000-SF Ikea
Midwest     Print Full Region • Simon Sees Rent Rates and Occupancy Rise • Coyote Buys 634,181-SF Alton Square Mall • Caribou Coffee Opening First NJ Stores • Famous Dave’s Still Plans Up to 30 New Units • H Mart Signs for 55,000-SF at Ogden Mall	Southwest     Print Full Region • Weingarten Boosts Development Pipeline • Kona Grill Reports Solid Same-Store Sales • Buchanan Street JV Pockets Mall for $40M • Millennium Steps Up to Plate for Stadium Retail • $13M Loan Jump-Starts Retail for Waterpoint MXD
West     Print Full Region • Big 5 Blames Weather for Same-Store Drop • Chipotle Plans 120 New Locations • Net Absorption Keeps Q2 Retail Vacancy Low • Fund Buys Stake in 212,116-SF Retail Center • Bass Pro Opens 180,000-SF Outdoor World • Cushman & Wakefield Lands 3M-SF Portfolio