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	Top Stories for the Week of November 2, 2009	Print Full Issue
	Click Here For Regional Coverage FDIC Seizes, Sells Cal National, Eight Others LOS ANGELES-California National is the largest of nine banks operated by Illinois-based FBOP Corp. that are being acquired by Minneapolis-based US Bancorp. Capmark Files for Bankruptcy HORSHAM, PA-After filing a $1.6-billion Q2 loss, the firm will seek bankruptcy protection. Downturn Veterans Stress Survival Skills NEW YORK CITY-Six commercial heavyweights who comprised the ‘Local Legends Share Their Secrets’ Power Panel at RealShare New York said the current downturn is not the worst they’ve seen. E&Y: Plan to Survive or Plan to Thrive NEW YORK CITY-Real estate companies globally are rethinking their operations to position their companies for growth, says a new Ernst & Young report. Distressed-Asset Volume Slows in September NEW YORK CITY-The total value of distressed assets rose only 1% in September, according to RCA, but that still accounted for $5 billion of new instances in defaults, bankruptcies and foreclosures. GlobeSt.TV: It Ain’t Easy Borrowing From TALF DALLAS-Working with TALF. The ups and downs. Racebrook Marketing’s John Cuticelli chats with John Salustri, editorial director of ALM’s Real Estate Media Group. VIDEO: Private Capital Needs to Return to Market LOS ANGELES-Michael Berman, chairman-elect of the Mortgage Banks Association and president of CWCapital, speaks to GlobeSt.com’s Ian Ritter at Apartments 2009. Echelon On Ice for Three to Five Years LAS VEGAS-Boyd Gaming chief executive Kenneth Smith cites lower consumer spending, a glut of hotel rooms and a lack of financing for further delaying the partially completed, $4.8-billion project. US Sales: First Quarterly Gain Since ’07 NEW YORK CITY—The third quarter is the strongest year-to-date in most sectors, says RCA, although rising cap rates mean the US lags global results Broker Opinions Sought to Help Pinpoint Values MIAMI-Loan servicers and institutional investors want to know risks associated with underperforming properties. Print Top Stories

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • NAIOP: Signs of Improving Capital Markets • Manhattan Loses Another Lease • Opponents Seek to Block MoMA Tower Plan • Icahn Offers CIT Group $1B Life-Line • Apartment Complex Sells for $130M • Forest City Secures $90M Tech Office Refi • CBRE Lands 5M-SF Account From Maryland • PREIT Fundamentals Dip on $10M Loss • Life Preservers Buoy Distressed Assets • Liberty Property Trust Considers Acquisitions • SL Green’s Holliday Sees Brighter 2010 • Blackstone To Cut Hilton Debt • LSRP: A Sea Change • Surveying the Landscape, One Year Later • Cedar, RioCan Forge Alliance • $1.2B SteelPointe Harbor Project Gains Final Approval • Silverstein to Take Center Stage at RealShare • Why Green In New Jersey?	Southwest     Print Full Region • EastGroup: 'Markets Are at Bottom' • Colonial Enhances Liquidity by $180M • Lance Armstrong Takes Real Estate Plunge • Weingarten Reports $9M Net Loss in Q3 • 284,000-SF Central Park Northwest Sells
Midwest     Print Full Region • RREEF Takes $103M Out of Four Apartment Assets • OfficeMax Stands Pat on Closures • Wells Fargo Closes $85M in Loans for Apartments • Buffalo Wild Wings Looks Global • Taubman Posts Third Quarter Loss • Cohen Financial To Offer New Distressed Solutions • Industrial Vacancy Hits 11.8% at End of Q3	West Coast     Print Full Region • VIDEO: Apartment Debt ‘Plentifully Available’ • FDIC Chairwoman: ‘Too Big to Fail’ Must End • No Timeline for New 3M-SF Yahoo Campus • VIDEO: 'Jobs Drive the Economy' • Sands Q3 Loss Widens to $123M • VIDEO: Urban Development Is at a Standstill • Land Sales Rise, Venture Seeks Sites • Wynn Resorts Profit Falls by a Third • Harrah’s Posts $1.6B Loss • 49ers' Stadium Update on Tap • Leasing On Track for Digital Realty • US Commercial Mortgage Delinquency Hits 4.7% • Grubb & Ellis Raising $90M Via Preferred Stock • 152 Units Sell for $28M in Receiver's Sale
Southeast     Print Full Region • Winn-Dixie Posts Quarterly Loss • FAR: Condo Sales Up 77% Over Year • UF: State Consumer Confidence Remains Flat • Harbor Town Apartments Sell for $27.5M	Around The Globe     Print Full Region • Trigranit Plans €1.3B Slovakian Casino • Heitman Closes $750M Fund • Italy's Aedes Completes Second Financing • Global Property Stocks Rally Unsustainable • Czech Lighthouse Starts €220M Prague MXD • Future Uncertainty Still Dominates Industry • Russia To See New Construction by Mid-2010
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