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	Top Stories for the Week of August 3, 2009	Print Full Issue
	Click Here For Regional Coverage RCA: Trillions in Assets on the Hook NEW YORK CITY-Real Capital Analytics says the equity in $1.3 trillion of properties is ‘at great risk if not already wiped out.’ E&Y: ‘One-Off Deals’ Dominate Distress NEW YORK CITY-Once distress begins flooding in, the market could quickly grow competitive, Ernst & Young says in a new study. Experts: TICs Are Down, Not Dead NEW YORK CITY-Experts at IncisiveMedia's recent RealShare TIC 2009 said the current TIC structure is bruised, but will likely come back. CRE Ponders Industry Future in Wake of Fed Figures WASHINGTON, DC-There are some silver linings for the industry, even as regional trends fluctuate. Report: Vornado Realty Seeks TALF Funds NEW YORK CITY-The REIT is looking to raise between $550 million and $600 million in a CMBS-backed bond sale, the Wall Street Journal reports. Station Casinos Files for Ch. 11 Bankruptcy LAS VEGAS-The locals’ casino operator says none of its casino operating subsidiaries or affiliates was included in the filings and operations will continue unabated under the existing management. VIDEO: Look For Loan Sales To Skyrocket NEW YORK CITY-When the value of loan portfolios meets the markets expectations we could see an unprecedented number trade hands, Bliss Morris says. New Office Supply Looms Large MIAMI-Nearly two million square feet of new space is coming online as space demand erodes. Office Depot Reports Wider Loss BOCA RATON, FL-Despite closing 114 locations over the past year, same-store sales are off substantially. Hines Giving Back 333 Bush SAN FRANCISCO-The imminent loss of the 542,000-square-foot office building brings to 1.8 million square feet the amount of office space Hines has lost a grip on in recent weeks. Print Top Stories

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • What Size Shoe Is Dropping? • Industry: Beige Book Is Optimistic • King of Prussia Mall Filling Vacancies • Queens Mall Spurs $150M JV • Mack-Cali Stays Solid in Q2 • Forest City Enterprises To Advise for $2.5B Redo • UIP Readies $150M in Buying Power • Penn National Gaming Q2 Results Dip • PREIT Sees 'Ray of Light' • Eight Asset Portfolio Under Contract • Liberty Property CEO: ‘Fundamentals Remain Ugly’ • Assets Are a Tough Sell for Brandywine • SL Green’s Holliday: 485 Lex Sale Likely • Retailer Five Below Eyes Big Expansion • Coach Sales Up From Q3, Down Year-Over-Year • Arbor Revamps $374M of Wachovia Loans • HUD Advances Sustainable Communities Initiative • Port to Silverstein: Here’s the Land, Now Build on it • Big Renewals Hint at Market Bottom • Youngwoo Gets Pier 57 Assignment	Southwest     Print Full Region • Local Investment Firm Accused of Fraud • State Buildings Could Be Up for Sale • 512,000-SF Campus Goes to Austin Buyer • American Realty Strikes Again
Midwest     Print Full Region • DDR Registers $1.64 Per Share Net Loss • Industrial Occupancy Down, Activity Up in Q2 • Unemployment Weakens Local Office Market • Supervalu Cuts CapEx, Sells Stores • $30M Prudential JV Targets Medical Office • Appraisal Institute Names Zimmermann CFO • Multifamily a Tale of Two Markets in Q2	West Coast     Print Full Region • Sands Still Hopes to Sell Retail Assets • General Mills Taking 735,000 SF at Opus Project • Sands Loses $171M, Cites Tough Conditions • Verizon Wireless Renews 475,000-SF Office Lease • Biz Park Refinancing Retires CMBS Loan • AMB Sells 21 Acres at LAX for $125M • Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Budget • 7-Eleven Taps CBRE for Expansion • Consultant Faulted in Harmon Hotel Fiasco • Retail Sale Completes Disposition Strategy • Downturn Produces Unique Concessions Packages • Sullivan Square Hearings Back on Docket
Southeast     Print Full Region • Equity One Posts Higher FFO • No New Ruth's Chris This Year • Highwoods Posts Higher Q2 FFO • Tanger Raises Criteria, Slows Growth • Israelis Renew Interest in US Real Estate • Law Firm Weighs Space Options	Around The Globe     Print Full Region • Consumers Looking for Discounts, Quality • W.P. Carey Works €63M Sale-Leaseback in Hungary • Hotel Ukraina Reopening as Radisson • Red Tape, Financing Woes Hurt Ukraine Hotels • Ikea Expansion in Russia Stalled by Red Tape • Ramada To Build Two Hotels in China
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