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	Top Stories for the Week of October 13, 2008	Print Full Issue
	Click Here For Regional Coverage Mega Deals Up Against Ticking Clocks NEW YORK CITY-From shotgun marriages to bailouts, each day brings a new twist in the stack of mega deals waiting to be finished by the financial sector. Some have deadlines and others have no end in sight. Financial Markets Produce Differing Office Forecasts NEW YORK CITY-While nobody disputes that the Wall Street meltdown will affect vacancy rates, experts vary on how steep the downturn will be. Global Markets Fall in Tandem with US LONDON-Some foreign governments have just turned off trading. Experts don’t see any way out, especially if credit remains blocked. Citi Cancels Wachovia Bid, Sets Lawyers on Wells CHARLOTTE, NC-The banking giant says it will take legal action, citing interference with its FDIC-backed deal. Federal Reserve Coordinates Interest-Rate Cut WASHINGTON, DC-The Fed continues to throw every conceivable tool and strategy at the seemingly intractable credit crisis. Report: September Retail Sales ‘Dismal’ NEW YORK CITY-September’s same-stores sales, which rose 1% were the worst since the month of 9/11. $700M LNG Terminal Put on Hold LOGAN TWP., NJ-BP officials say market conditions aren't right to proceed with a project in the works for six years. Collard Properties Forges Ahead in FL WINTER PARK, FL-Collard Properties intends to continue projects around the state. Cormac Co. Moves Forward with 1M-SF Retail OVERLAND PARK, KS-The company secured $107.4 million in financing for its Corbin Park project, which will reportedly cost about $225 million. Construction begins this week. Crisis Impacts DC Real Estate WASHINGTON, DC-The silver lining to the upheaval in the market is that the government is likely to need more space to support its growing operations. Concord Resort Lands $250M in Financing THOMPSON, NY-The casino and hotel redevelopment project is getting an infusion of $250 million from Union Labor Life Insurance Co. Print Top Stories

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Acquisitions May Be Goal of REITs Fund Raising • $1B Offshore Wind Farm Gets BPU Approval • Crane Operators Get Strict Licensing Criteria • CSV Acquires $214M Loan on Hotel Portfolio • Three Teams Bid for 465,000-SF MXD • ING Clarion Borrows $98M for Industrial Refi • FCP Closes $230M Fund • Former GVA Williams Retail President Makes Move • STAG Fund Picks Up $80M Financing • Multifamilies Hit Market in Boston-Metro • Bank-Leased Portfolio Sells to Memphis Investor • $86M Retail Condo Buy Furthers $1.1B Conversion • UPS Closes Two Deals for 256,000 SF • Macquarie Inks 260,000-SF Renewal, Expansion • Two Retailers Expand, Make Soho Moves • Hearst Tower Has Retail Space on Market • Incisive Media Renews Center City Space	Southwest     Print Full Region • Fertitta, Landry's Deal Hits Financing Wall • Cole's One-Month Spree Banks $300M of Retail • Industrial Vacancy Stays Above 10% Again in Q3 • Ashford Takes Tax Hedge for $800M Floating Debt • Greater Phoenix's Jobs Slide Worst Since 1975 • C&W Details Timetable for 1M-SF Mall Sale • Dallas/Fort Worth Stays Ahead in Office Game • Lincoln Advisory Snags 325,745-SF Portfolio • CA Resort Owner Hangs $70M Tag on 768 Units • Foxconn Takes First Spot at Compaq's Old Campus • Texas Apartment Count Aggressively Growing
Midwest     Print Full Region • Snap Fitness Sets Goal of 2,000 Clubs by ‘09 • GSA Readies for $500M-Plus Flex, Office Sites • Structured Reduces Units at $220M New City • JV Adds Office into Expected $139M Duke Buy • Merkel Promoted to President at Rockbridge • Buyers Getting Help to Move in Book-Cadillac • Spire Held as Shelbourne Sells $40M Penthouse • Colony Realty Acquires $40M Warehouse From JV	West Coast     Print Full Region • HCP Completes $3B Slough Life Acquisition • $2.3B Down, $700M to Go for Citycenter Financing • Thompson National, Argus Realty Join Forces • Brandywine, CIM Close $412M Oakland Portfolio Deal • Kennedy Wilson JV Commits $100M to Housing • Walgreen Withdraws Longs Offer • Mission West Closes $115M Refinancing • REITs Close 370,000 SF of Medical, Storage Deals • Safeway Continues Lifestyle Conversion • Maguire Refinances Plaza Las Fuentes for $100M • Focus of Ebay Layoffs is Largest Space User • Arden Sells Properties Totaling 844,000 SF for $150M • El-Ad Group Victorious in Plaza Name Trial • Debt Prompts Listing of Newspaper's HQ • Regency Moves 3 Centers into OPERF JV for $83M
Southeast     Print Full Region • Fed Works Out Wachovia Sharing • Out-of-State Buyers, Positive Broward Prospects • Hotel AG Sells $107M Hotel Portfolio for Newport • Family Dollar Maintains Expansion Levels • Central FL Event to Cover Deals, Opportunities • Luxury Student Complex Sells for $43M • Duke Signs 270,000-SF in West Broward • ING Clarion Sells Shopping Center to Rreef	Around The Globe     Print Full Region • Governments Rescue Hypo, Fortis for $104.8B • Tokyo-Based REIT Files for Bankruptcy • UBS Lays Off 2,000 Due to Bad US Mortgages • Lincoln Buys Apartment Portfolio for $357M • $95B Jumeira Gardens Is Under Way • Wenceslas JV Takes Seven Sites for $395M Fund
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