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	Top Stories for the Week of October 12, 2009	Print Full Issue
	Click Here For Regional Coverage 2010 Apartment Forecast: Uncertainty, But Optimism LOS ANGELES-Whether looking at forecasts for the national economy, the mortgage and capital markets, or the apartment-rental market overall, the outlook at RealShare Apartments 2009 is mixed. Corus Bank Assets Purchased by Starwood-Led Group CHICAGO-The group will shell out $554 million for a 40% stake in $4.5-billion of troubled real estate loans. FDIC will hold the other 60%. PPIP Funds Reach $12B WASHINGTON, DC- BlackRock, Wellington Management Co. and AllianceBernstein are investing almost $2 billion into PPIP. VIDEO: Values to Drop, But Cycles Will Stabilize DALLAS-The Appraisal Institute’s Jim Amorin speaks to ALM Real Estate Media Group’s John Salustri at RealShare Distressed Assets. Brokers: Q3 May Be Bottom WASHINGTON, DC-Net demand is hitting bottom and brokers are seeing signs of positive growth. Sources: Unemployment Numbers Less Grim Than Portrayed WASHINGTON, DC-Losses in ‘office using sectors’ and in the government are skewing the actual outlook. $170M Office Sale Sets 2009 Record BIRMINGHAM, AL-A partnership acquires the 588,000-square-foot Social Security Center, once owned by Opus South, out of bankruptcy. HSBC in $330M Sale-Leaseback of US HQ NEW YORK CITY-The bank will lease 11 floors of its US headquarters at 452 Fifth Ave.; its London and Paris towers are also on the block. Rio Readies for 2016 Olympics RIO DE JANIERO-Rio officials plan to create nine new permanent buildings and seven temporary buildings. Fontainebleau Judge Wants Quick Sale, Not Ch. 7 LAS VEGAS-'The record in this case indicates that the parties to these proceedings are not cooperating with one another,' US Bankruptcy Judge A. Jay Cristol in Miami states in his order. Print Top Stories

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Testimony: 'Skin in the Game' Proposal Needs Tinkering • Special Servicers Get 6% Busier • Late Labor Day Boosts September Sales • Optimistic Long-Term, Not Short-Term • Landex Scores $130M Park Morton Project • Blackstone Sinks $2.7B Into Theme Parks • Chase Tower Said to Be Off the Market • Multifamily Activity Surging in DC Area • Midtown Keeps Up Leasing Momentum • Investment Firm Banks on New Headquarters • Reports Suggest Brighter Jobs Outlook • $85M Snags Two Trenton Office Buildings • UGC: Green Cost Premium Disappears • Office Vacancy Rises, Rents Decline • Surviving and Thriving • Optimizing Your Assets • Apartment REITs Set to Rebound • Retail: Single-Tenant Deal Flow Sees Smallest Decline	Southwest     Print Full Region • Report to Solar: Consider AZ • MF Q3 Effective Rents Drop 3.5% • Foreclosure Initiated on 439 Units
Midwest     Print Full Region • Downturn Continues in Q3, Companies Downsize • Vacancy Hits 14.8%, Will Rise Further in CBD • $554M Corus Deal Mostly Condos, Multifamily • Phillips Edison Buys 600,000-SF Mall	West Coast     Print Full Region • Coreland Wins 1M SF of Receivership Assignments • Experts Probe Capital, Distressed Assets Outlook • Apartment Complex Trades at Steep Discount • Judge To Order Fontainebleau Sale • Supervisors Approve Tejon Ranch Project • NBC Universal Updates $3B Long-Range Plan • Vegas Retail Vacancy Dips in Q3 • Walmsley Joins Madison Marquette
Southeast     Print Full Region • Yum Continues International Growth • Joblessness Takes Toll on Bay Area Retail • Corus Loan Sale Likely to Reset Prices • Big Peach Office Leasing Drops Off in Q3 • Colony Resort Files Chapter 11 • New, Green Darden Restaurants HQ is Finished • WestShore Plaza Goes on Market	Around The Globe     Print Full Region • Multi Readies as Mall Investing Developer • Loan Servicers Get More Active in Crisis • Tesco Inks $819M Sale-Leaseback Deal
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