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Top Stories for the Week of October 8, 2007 Print Full Issue   Click Here For Regional Coverage Retail Chains Eye Store Growth Globally CAPE TOWN-Chains around the world are looking for growth in plenty of underserved markets, ICSC speakers say. DDR Readies Its First Center In Canada RICHMOND HILLS, ONTARIO-DDR execs say that the move is the first in what they hope is a series of developments around the Toronto area. Kohl’s Forecasts 1,400 US Stores By 2012 MENOMONEE FALLS, WI-The retailer is opening 80 stores today and 15 units next month, bringing it to 929 locations by the end of November. Carousel Center Goes Green SYRACUSE-As part of its multibillion-dollar DestiNY USA project, the 1.5-million-sf Carousel Center shopping mall here will be 'green' powered. Walgreens Targets More Store Growth DEERFIELD, IL-In a word, the strategy is stores for the drug chain, which reports record sales and earnings for the latest full year. Print Top Stories

Features Westfield’s Kenneth Wong “You have to be willing to creatively reconstruct a great shopping center.” Retailers Weigh In on Internet Tax Bills Retail groups lobby for sales tax fairness and continuing open access to the net, as two bills are argued in Congress.

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Fitch Downgrades Linens ‘n Things for Losses • State’s Image Hurting Economy, Development • Highly Charged Issues Dominate Agenda • TD Buys Commerce Bank for Almost $9B • 47-Branch Citibank Retail Portfolio Up for Bids • Historic Theater Finds Savior for $10M • Shopping Center Sells for More Than $6M • Harbor Freight Tools Leases 16,000 SF • Starr Restaurants Set to Take Bigger Bite • Five Below Leases 8,000 SF	Southeast     Print Full Region • Family Dollar Maintains Store-Opening Pace • Darden, Rare Move Closer to Finalizing $1B Merger • Sterling Organization Takes MXD Asset for $14M • Private Investor Buys Center in 1031 Exchange • Woolbright Acquires 83,000-SF Retail Center
Midwest     Print Full Region • Xavier, Corporex Plan $160M New MXD Village • Finish Line Slips as Genesco Battle Boils • O’Brien to Take Forest City’s CFO Slot • Zion To Replace Fire Station With Development	Southwest     Print Full Region • Galaxy Plans 400,000 SF of Retail on 46 Acres • Glimcher Collects $19M From Northwest Mall • StarPoint Opens in Texas With $150M-Plus Plan • Wirta, Hofer Launching Web-Based Investments • Hunt Expands, Eyes $750M MXD Project Pipeline
West     Print Full Region • Festival Fund Buys Two Centers for $29M • Loan in Hand for Showcase Mall Expansion • Two Union Street Buildings Change Hands • Lowe Wins NoHo Development Deal • Marriott Reveals Vegas Convention Center Plans	Global     Print Full Region • Developers Dispute Role of Retail-Entertainment • Africa Poses Retail Opportunities, Challenges