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	Top Stories for the Week of September 14, 2009	Print Full Issue
	Click Here For Regional Coverage 860,000-SF Former WaMu HQ Trades for $115M SEATTLE-Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. pays $134 per square foot for the largely empty 42-story building completed just three years ago for closer to $400 per square foot. RTC Sequel May Be in Hotels’ Future NEW YORK CITY-Panelists at the Third Annual RealShare Hotel Investment Summit talked opportunity while mincing no words about the challenges facing hospitality. Live Together or Die Alone NEW YORK CITY-The Brands to the Rescue panel brought some much-needed advice to sinking franchisees, whose interests parrot their own. US Investors May Revisit Europe FRANKFURT-Americans have sold more than they've bought so far this year, but that could soon change. RE Exposure Poses Great Risk To Small Banks NEW YORK CITY-The problem of commercial mortgage defaults is 'much larger than the CMBS universe,' says REEcon’s Sam Chandan. Retail Brokers Are Making Smaller Deals TAMPA, FL-Plaza Advisors completes its sixth transaction this year despite capital restraints. First Distressed Assets Conference on Tap DALLAS-RealShare's Distressed Assets conference on Sept. 14 will provide information to help attendees navigate the market. AvalonBay Prices $500M Offering ALEXANDRIA, VA-They are medium-term unsecured notes under the REIT’s existing shelf registration. Moody’s Downgrades Capmark Rating NEW YORK CITY-In its second rating action on the lender in four months, Moody’s cites the possible sale of Capmark’s mortgage unit. What To Do With the GSEs? WASHINGTON, DC-The GAO outlines the pros and cons of the various proposals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Print Top Stories

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Bank of China Lends $120M for Net-Leased HQ • Will Economy Stop CEQA? • Pep Boys 2010 Expansion Doubles This Year's • Tighe on REBNY Chairmanship: Validation for RE Women • Court: MTA Owes $142M for Land Seizures • FCRC Unveils New Arena Design • The Incredible Shrinking Skyscraper • $100M Grosvenor Fund Ramps Up Investments • Affordable Housing Projects Beginning to Receive Stimulus Funds • Studley Joins Local Legends Power Panel • FirstService Expands Footprint to DC • RCA, CREOpoint Form Alliance	Southwest     Print Full Region • Future Owners Aren't Flippers • Former Opus Employees Form Builder Group • Stimulus Funds Spur Groundbreaking • Trademark Launches First Acquisition Fund • MW Sales Decline, Guidance Exceeded • Five CBD Buildings Trade Hands • PCCP Acquires 1.2M SF from Bankruptcy • Houston Buyer Takes On 400 Foreclosed Units
Midwest     Print Full Region • Owner of Landmark, Meridian Condos Files Ch. 11 • Forest City Sees Decline in Revenue • CTMT To Market 782,000-SF Facility • Menlo Leases 202,000 SF at Rock Run	West Coast     Print Full Region • High-End Retail Center Opening Near Seattle • Blackstone, Baty Bid for Sunwest Remains • CBRE Wins Assignment for Nearly 2M SF • Russell Investments Leaving Tacoma for Seattle • Multifamily REIT Buys Waterford Apts. for $80M • LV Sands Completes $600M Pre-IPO Financing • CBRE Launches New Automotive Group • Consolidated Resorts To Be Liquidated • Industrial, Retail Users Lease 377,000 SF
Southeast     Print Full Region • Sporting Events Give Hotels a Needed Boost • New Mall Gets Go-Ahead After 18 Months • New Office Tower Plays Waiting Game • Quorum Center Sells for $29M • Kaiser Permanente Renews Big Office Lease • Claire’s Renegotiates Leases, Closes Stores • Caribbean Hotel Note Let Go for $50M	Around The Globe     Print Full Region • European Investments Stabilize, Should Revive • Logistics Firm Takes 154,000 SF • IceCapital Launches €400M Housing Fund • Marks & Spencer Fills 382,000 SF • 85% of Moscow RE Construction Projects Now Frozen • NPS Sizes Up London Assets for Swift Purchases
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