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	Top Stories for the Week of December 29, 2008	Print Full Issue
	Click Here For Regional Coverage CRE Clarifies Its Fed Request WASHINGTON, DC-The Real Estate Roundtable wants to see a federal-credit facility established to purchase mortgage securities. S&P: RE Prices Show National Decline NEW YORK CITY-The Standard & Poor’s indices for September’s commercial real estate sales show that office fared the worst, apartments the best. Wal-Mart Launches Offer for D&S Shares BENTONVILLE, AR-Wal-Mart plans a move into Chile through the acquisition of Distribucion y Servicio D&S for close to $0.41 per share. ProLogis Exits Asian Market for $1.3B SINGAPORE-The industrial REIT is selling 20% interest in Japan Property Funds to GIC Real Estate and its entire China operation. Darden Still Plans 70 New Sites in 2009 ORLANDO, FL-‘We think we’re better able to weather the current storm better than our competitors,’ says the CEO. Taj, Oberoi Open a Month After Terror Attacks MUMBAI, INDIA-Portions of both hotels are now operating, though most of each hotel will take massive renovation efforts. Funds have been set up for future disasters. Report: Now Developers Want a Handout WASHINGTON, DC-About $530 billion of mortgages are due in the next three years, with $160 billion coming up next year, firm says. Print Top Stories

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Blackstone Consolidates, Spins Off Funds • Broker Arrested in Promissory Notes Scam • DiNapoli: NYC Budget Gap Could Reach $8B • Strategic Storage Trust Grabs Manassas Facility • Subcontractor, Supervisors Charged in Deutsche Blaze • 14-Story Midtown Property Hits the Block • Charges Expected in Deutsche Bank Fire • Assembly OK's EnCap-Related Oversight Bill • Luxury Apartments Scoop Up $31M	Southwest     Print Full Region • 300,000 SF Slated For Condo Conversion • Dallas On Track for Slowdown
Midwest     Print Full Region • City Approves Cash for $90M Retail Project • City, UM Collaborate on 500-Acre Park Project • Anthropologie Signs Lease To Join Block 37 • Walgreens Reducing Store Openings • GGP’s Tower Remodel Done, Tenants Added	West Coast     Print Full Region • $110M Loan for First Industrial, CalSTRS JVs • Emeritus Closes $66M, Five-Property Buy • Wynn Opens Encore, MGM Prepares to Hire 12,000 • Market Report: Class A Office Rates Off 25%
Southeast     Print Full Region • Apartment Investors Racing Father Time • Wachovia-Wells Fargo Merger Moves Closer • Briarcliff MXD Plans Appear Over • Flagler Continues Leasing Momentum • New Life for an Aging Mall
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