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Top Stories for the Week of December 26, 2007 Print Full Issue   Click Here For Regional Coverage Buca Di Beppo Owner Considers Sale MINNEAPOLIS-The chain hires Piper Jaffray to look at a sale, merger, raising of funds or recapitalization. DLC Acquires 16-Center Portfolio TARRYTOWN, NY-Edens & Avant of Columbia, SC is selling the 1.6-million-sf portfolio in the Mid Atlantic and Southeast to locally based DLC Management. Pier 1 Inches Toward Profitability FORT WORTH, TX-The company loses $10 million during the third quarter, down from $72.7 million in the same year-ago period. Retail Ventures In Value City Sale Talks COLUMBUS, OH-An unnamed suitor might acquire about 89 of the chain’s department stores. Darden Has Big Plans For Lobster, Longhorn ORLANDO-Red Lobster could see ‘significant unit growth,’ while Longhorn Steakhouse has the potential for 600 to 800 units, executives say. Print Top Stories

Features Chesley Brown’s Brent Brown “People just aren’t going to be comfortable with going through screenings to go into shopping malls.” Suppliers Back Out Of Retail A parade is forming among major wholesale suppliers that are shuttering outlet stores that are draining overall profits.

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Levin Acquires Full Control of Six Centers • Related Gets $1.4B Investment for Growth • J Street Makes Play for Florida Ave. Market • DC Finalizes $850M MXD Project • Multinational JV to Invest $144M in Ukraine • Patriot Equities Buys Landmark Site
Midwest     Print Full Region • Walgreen On the Road to 13,000 Units • Future Growth in Store for Best Buy • Bakers Comps Drop by 17% in Q3 • Venture Plans 460,000-SF Plus Retail Center • Golub, Intercontinental Buy Plaza for $85M	Southwest     Print Full Region • Dave & Buster's Inks Store Deals • Goldberg Jumps From Children’s Place to Zale • Retail Brokers Sets Up Shop in Houston Area • 40,310-SF Retail Piece Trades for $192 Per SF • 35 Acres of Retail In Works for Far North • TradeCor Snags 14 Acres for MXD Development
West     Print Full Region • Council Approves Downtown Rail Yard Redevelopment • Continental Fills 200,000 SF at New Center • Territory Names Anchors for Centennial Gateway • $1B Casino Resort Adds 14 Movie Screens to Mix • Two Pavilion Parcels Trade for $14M • New Whole Foods Center Commands $54M • Planners OK 500,000-SF Shorenstein Tower • Highland Plans $35M Retail Development