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	Top Stories for the Week of March 15, 2010	Print Full Issue
	Click Here For Regional Coverage MBA: Delinquency Rates Still on the Rise WASHINGTON, DC-Q4 stats from the Mortgage Bankers Association show little sign of recovery in commercial and multifamily loan performance. Fairholme, Pershing Pledge $4B to Renew GGP CHICAGO-The capital infusion completes the $8-billion reorganization plan proposed by GGP and Brookfield Asset Management. No response yet from possible competitors. Optimism Prevails But Recovery Still Anemic PHILADELPHIA-Job growth fundamentals should hold up but distressed assets may not begin to clear until 2012, according to speakers at ALM Real Estate Media Group's RealShare Philadelphia conference. Amid Protests, Atlantic Yards Breaks Ground NEW YORK CITY-At Thursday’s groundbreaking for the Barclays Center arena, Mayor Bloomberg announced a further commitment to affordable housing by Forest City Ratner. FDIC Panel Drawing Attendees Nationwide WASHINGTON, DC-Thomas Galli, shareholder at Greenberg Traurig LLP, and the FDIC's Rich Brown and Tim Kruse are panelists discussing FDIC's asset disposition program. GlobeSt.TV: Foreign Investors Eye US Assets NEW YORK CITY-James Fetgatter, chief executive of AFIRE, speaks with Real Estate Forum’s Danielle Douglas, about foreign interest in US real estate. Hard-Money Lenders Capitalize on Distress LAS VEGAS-Hard money lenders are looking north of Las Vegas, near Reno, for distress in commercial real estate and the foreclosures that are about to hit the market. Celebrity Resorts Files Chapter 11 ORLANDO-The timeshare company lists tens of millions in liabilities. Its CEO says he has gone unpaid. Print Top Stories

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Port, Silverstein Inch Toward Agreement • Island Capital Buys Division of Centerline for $110M • Report: REITs Returning to Buying Prominence • Combating a Rising Tide of Contractor Bankruptcies • Foreign Investment With a Difference • Aqueduct Bidders Say They’re Back in the Race • Filene's Site Not 'Blackmail' • Export Volume Bodes Well for Region’s Ports • C&W To Market Two Class A Office Assets • Life Cos. Competing for Best MF Deals • Unions Rally for End to WTC Delays • Helmsley Carlton House Sells for $170M • Vornado Eyes 510 Fifth Ave. • Judge Rejects TARP Defense in Foreclosure Case • ARC Properties Reveals New REIT ARCTrust • New DC Construction Totals 1M SF • Special Servicing Units Look Like Good Buys • REIT Returns Recover From Dip in January • John Hancock Moves to 1101 17th • University City Will Lead Philly’s Rebound • Fifth Ave. Tower Goes into Special Servicing	Southwest     Print Full Region • Aldi to Expand by 27 Stores • Frontier Takes Down 300,000 SF • Merger Will Close Fort Worth HQ
Midwest     Print Full Region • Eaton Submits Site Plan for New $170M HQ • Former Taubman Executive Larson Dies at 75 • Claire’s Stores Agrees to HQ Sale-Leaseback • Wells Buys AT&T-Leased Four-Office Complex • UBS Drops Floor to Remain Anchor at 1 N. Wacker • Sephora Latest to Enter Troubled Block 37	West Coast     Print Full Region • Boyd Reiterates Station Bid, Sees Recovery Signs • 70 Office Buildings, 29M SF Win LEED Status • Strip Gaming Revenue Continues Downward Trend
Southeast     Print Full Region • Outside Investors May Drive Area Retail Sales • Fifth Third Bank Moving HQ Uptown • Related Tapped to Build Convention Center Hotel	Around The Globe     Print Full Region • MGPA Winds Up $480M Fund With Strong Returns • Germany’s $119B Fund System Wants Law Change • Region Benefits By Being Cheaper Than Paris • Brady Plan Needed for CMBS Challenges • Experts: Enthusiasm To Hold Despite Sell-Off
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