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	Top Stories for the Week of October 5, 2009	Print Full Issue
	Click Here For Regional Coverage ALM/Real Estate Media Group Launches Distressed Asset Newsletter NEW YORK CITY-Distressed Assets Investor is a new interactive digital publication for commercial real estate, financial and investment professionals. VIDEO: Value-Add Opportunities Are in New Construction NEW YORK CITY-Tony Thompson of Thompson National Properties speaks with GlobeSt.com editor Ian Ritter about retail opportunities and the possibility of a jobless recovery. Distress May Take More Time to Digest MIAMI-Panelists say anyone in commercial real estate will deal with it over the next five years. Chicago Loses Olympic Bid in First Round CHICAGO-The city was the first to be eliminated from the four potential 2016 Olympic bidders. In three rounds of votes Rio gets the Olympic games. VIDEO: Special Servicers Need Added Value DALLAS-Steve Pumper of Transwestern speaks with ALM's John Salustri about special servicers and what they are looking for out of operators in the distressed market. US Job Recovery To Take Seven Years NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ-A newly released report from Rutgers University estimates that it will take seven years before the country matches its pre-recession employment numbers of 2007. Bidders Vie for Corus Assets CHICAGO-Starwood Capital Group with Wilbur Ross and Related Cos. have both submitted bids to the FDIC for the $5 billion portfolio. Apartment Deals Getting More Complicated TAMPA, FL-A 104-unit sale serves as an example of the difficulty facing brokers lately. Proper Planning for Debt Workouts Richard Goldstein: Understanding tax laws can reduce the burden for owners of underwater properties. ALM, Incisive Media Part Ways NEW YORK CITY-Name changes aside, ALM's Real Estate Media Group maintains its focus on real estate coverage and growth through innovations in products. Print Top Stories

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • After Much Ado, PPIFs Launch • More Economic Stimulus on the Way • GM Stays at GM Building • Hurdles Still Abound for Commercial Real Estate • Office Fundamentals Continue Comeback • The Road to Recovery • 185 Franklin Files Redevelopment Plan With BRA • ING Clarion Trades Office for $73M • Mendelson Closes $44M Deal, Departs Transwestern • Most Financial Reforms Won't Pass, Aren't Needed • BID Envisions New Downtown Hub • S.L. Green Closes on $215M Refi • Related Re-Starts West Side MXD • Too Many Towns Equals High Property Taxes • New Jersey Office Leasing: Redefined • $49M Takes 36 Exxon Stations for Getty • BOMA Preps New Standard for ANSI Process • NYC Slow To Tap Tech Sector Potential • Moody’s Takes More Upbeat View of Retail • Freddie Mac Taps New CFO • Brooklyn Holds Up Better Than City Overall • PE Execs: Low Deal Flow Until Late 2010 • DRA Purchases $48M Construction Loan • C&W Sees Notable Retail Investments	Southwest     Print Full Region • Macerich Teams With Heitman on Two Assets • Blockbuster Eschews Stores, Favors Kiosks • 1,417 Foreclosed Units Up for Sale • State Finds Interest Strong for Sale-Leaseback
Midwest     Print Full Region • Walgreens Slows Expansion • Finish Line Hopes for Big Rent Cuts • Rents Fall as Supply Continues to Grow • NorthMarq Completes Opus Property Services Buy • Saturn To Close after Penske Deal Fails • ProLogis Launches Renewable Energy Business • Opus North Opens $62M Shoppes at Fox River • RIM Leases 228,000 SF at Turnberry	West Coast     Print Full Region • For Sale by Receiver: 336,000-SF Mervyns HQ • More Scrutiny of Station Casinos’ Privatization • Wynn Macau Ltd. IPO Generates $1.6B • Apartment Experts Assess Market Potential
Southeast     Print Full Region • South Florida Addresses Distress, Excess • State Consumer Confidence Picks Up • Bilzin Sumberg Becomes Building's First Tenant • Statewide Condo Sales Swinging Upward	Around The Globe     Print Full Region • IVG Protect Fund Fully Placed • Asia Pacific Sees Increased Investment Volumes • ING Opening €200M Budapest MXD • Global Bank Real Estate Sales to Rise • European RE Recovery Hinges on Credit • HSBC Tower Nears $1.3B Sale • Unibail-Rodamco Cautious on Germany, Russia
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