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	Top Stories for the Week of October 19, 2009	Print Full Issue
	Click Here For Regional Coverage VIDEO: The New Normal DALLAS-Spencer Levy of CB Richard Ellis chats with ALM's Real Estate Media Group's John Salustri about what to expect in the future CMBS market. A Bridge to Somewhere NEW YORK CITY—Author Barry LePatner says a coordinated game plan is needed to confront infrastructure, the next major nationwide issue after healthcare and the economy Hoteliers Survive by Their Wits NEW YORK CITY-Think outside the box in finding opportunities to boost sales amid a travel slump, hospitality experts advised Commercial Real Estate Holding Its Own EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ-A slow deterioration of office and industrial figures bucks expectations of a marked decline during Q3 2009. Mosler Named Co-Chairman at Cushman NEW YORK CITY-The firm’s president and CEO will continue in those capacities while a search is conducted for his successor. Rating Agencies Walk a Tightrope NEW YORK CITY-Agencies must strike a balance between rebuilding investor confidence and not squelching the return of liquidity, says Deloitte’s Korologos. BlackRock Sells Apartments at $22M Loss MIAMI-The 520-unit Seabreeze Harbor complex trades for a third of its 2006 purchase price. Safeway’s Q3 Profit Off by a Third PLEASANTON, CA-On the real estate front, chief executive Steven Burd tells analysts the company will be taking a 'much larger' development role. Freeman Firm Placed in Receivership MIAMI-A judge appoints another receiver to take charge of the firm amid a federal investigation. Boston Stands Tough BOSTON-Although there is still rising negative absorption in the office market, a number of factors indicate that Boston rolled with the recession's punches. Print Top Stories

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Did NYC Miss the Boat With DTCC? • Apartment Sales, Prices Stabilizing • Smaller Deals Dominate Property Sales • Host Hotels & Resorts Registers $58M Loss • VHDA Launches Debt Program for Affordable Deals • Skanska Develops $85M Spec East End Office • Will Citibank Fold in Philly? • Levin Properties, Partner Buy $22M Center • Gap Entering China, Expanding Internet • Blair: Feds Finalizing CRE Loan Workout Guidelines • Bruce Wasserstein Dies at 61 • Atlantic Yards: Court of Appeals Hears Case • Lighthouse Still Lit, Says Developer • Newmark Gets Empire State Building Assignment • $26M Takes NoVa Apartment • MTA Faces Atlantic Yards Suit • Stuy-Town Eyes Special Servicer • Gov. Corzine Signs 'Anti-EnCap' Bill Into Law • MBA’s 2010 Leadership Announced • Is the Watergate Poised to Sell? • Depository Trust & Clearing Moving to NJ • RockGroup Tapped to Build 1M SF Distribution Center • Watch the Sublease Pendulum Swing • Retail JV Focuses on Service Enhancement	Southwest     Print Full Region • Experts Say Bottom Has Been Reached • 977,000-SF Med Portfolio Goes to PMRG • Absorption Down, Vacancy Up in Q3
Midwest     Print Full Region • Industrial Market Recovers, Land a Burden • Transaction Volume Picks Up, Recovery on Horizon • ProLogis Pays Off Old Debt with New • Foot Traffic Increases in Suburbs • Paris Offers Tips To Survive Downturn • Board Approves $100M Engineering School • Developer Plans $500M Motorsports Facility • Industrial Market Vacancy Hits New High • McShane To Manage, Lease 380,000-SF Portfolio • Office Vacancy Hits 24.4%	West Coast     Print Full Region • Commercial Land Developer Buying, Renting Houses • Gaming, Hotel Metrics Still Underperforming • Vegas Industrial Continues to Feel the Pressure • MGM Mirage Also Eyeing Asia IPO • LV Sands Close to IPO for Macau Operations • 250-Units Net $33M, 206-Unit REO Deal Sells • State's Hotel Foreclosures, Defaults Jump in Q3
Southeast     Print Full Region • ProLogis Signs Two Large Industrial Leases • Bay Area Office Market Stabilizes in Q3 • Has Industrial Hit Rock Bottom? • Colliers Launches South Florida Receivership Unit • Developers Form Repositioning Partnership • State Unemployment Matches Record	Around The Globe     Print Full Region • German Open Funds Have €12B Spending Potential • European Recovery Slow at Best • Warsaw Seen First for Euro Corporate Expansion
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