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	Top Stories for the Week of November 16, 2009	Print Full Issue
	Click Here For Regional Coverage Wall Street Restructures; Will Commercial Market? NEW YORK CITY-The financial services employment base has lost mass over the years, but some see encouragement in jobs gains in other sectors. Fannie, Hat in Hand, Asks for $15B WASHINGTON, DC-Fannie Mae will be topping $60 billion in its requests for emergency reserves from the Treasury Department. Finance, Retail Focus of NoVa Conference MCLEAN, VA- More than 300 attendees are expected at the conference, being held on Dec.1. Bair: FDIC Has New Rules for Securitization WASHINGTON, DC-Chairman Sheila Bair is revealing details about new rules the agency has developed for bank loan securitization. Recovery Still a Distant Dream NEW YORK CITY-If you're holding your breath while waiting for a real estate turnaround, you might want to rethink that strategy. It's going to be a while. HSBC London Tower To Trade for $1.3B LONDON-The is the second sale-leaseback transaction HSBC has undergone with this Canary Wharf, class A property. GlobeSt.TV: 2010 Will Be Better, But Not Great TEANECK, NJ-David T. Houston of Colliers Houston & Co. speaks with New Jersey region editor Maria Wood at the recent RealShare New Jersey conference about what’s ahead for the Garden State’s commercial real estate market. GlobeSt.TV: Job Growth Key to Recovery LOS ANGELES-Mike Rovner, president of Mike Rovner Construction, talks with GlobeSt.com’s Ian Ritter about the multifamily development at RealShare Apartments 2009. Riviera Still Eluding Bankruptcy LAS VEGAS-Along with a terrible third quarter performance at its nameplate resort here the company reports on its efforts to cure a loan default without filing for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection. DDR Appoints Hurwitz New CEO CLEVELAND-The company is also reported to be offering a $400 million commercial mortgage-backed securities bond, underwritten by Goldman Sachs. Print Top Stories

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • GlobeSt.TV: Job Loss Continues Until Mid-2010 • Stuy-Town Loan Goes Into Special Servicing • Urban Outfitters Renews Expansion Efforts • GlobeSt.TV: Pressure on Lenders Will Continue • VW Parks in $125M West Side Spot • Investor Confidence Blows East, Not West • Carlton Markets $144M Loan Portfolio • New Jersey Makes List of States in Fiscal Peril • Cedar Closes Renewal of Credit Facility • GlobeSt.TV: Downturns Create Some Great Deals • Debra Cafaro New Head of NAREIT • Port Hits 21 of 24 WTC Milestones • Paging Dr. McDreamy to Union City • Tenant Buys 128,000-SF HQ • MRP Refinances Clarendon Office for $44M • Carlton Markets Nine-State Loan/REO Pool • City Shops for Rides After Coney Island Deal • Goldstein Group Named 7-Eleven’s Exclusive NJ Broker	Southwest     Print Full Region • 1M-SF JPMorgan Chase Center Sells • Briar Capital Launches $50M RE Fund • Four Seasons' Owner's Actions Mark Trend
Midwest     Print Full Region • Monsanto Buys Research Center for $435M • Kohl’s Sees $193M Net Income in Q3 • Abercrombie Sees Decline in Net Sales, Net Income • 74% of Companies Will Invest in Sustainability • Supertel Revenues Decline 11.7% in Q3 • Kessinger Hunter Plans Three Spec Buildings • Broadmoor Hills Apartments Lands $25M Loan	West Coast     Print Full Region • Sands China IPO Could Raise $3.58B • Fontainebleau Subcontractors Cooperating • SunCal Picks Up 1,072 Residential Lots for $20M • Broken Condo Project Trades in All-Cash REO Deal • Thomas D'Arcy Named New Grubb CEO/President • Sunstone Talks Acquisitions, Financial Strategy • Simmons Renews 236,500 Industrial Lease Early • Interest Expense Creates Loss for Hard Rock Resort • Lender Ends Up with Spanish Towers Site • Capital Real Estate, Western Holdings Merge • NHP Arranges Possible $300M in Acquisitions • AvalonBay Sells 192-Unit Parkside for $44M • Landry’s Gaming Unit Profit Falls 40% • American Apparel To Expand 'Cautiously' • Experts: Downtown L.A. Renaissance Not Over • Essex, CBRE Win 1M SF in New Assignments • Strip Revenue Forecast: Growth Again in 2010
Southeast     Print Full Region • $160M JV First From New Fund • Banks File Foreclosure Against MF • Offer Made on Distressed Jet Center • Ocean Bank Wins $31M Foreclosure • Asset Sells From 1,280-Unit Portfolio • FL: Industrial Potential Bright Spot	Around The Globe     Print Full Region • Invesco in €155M Hamburg Hotel Buy • UK Real Estate Yields Fall in October • Norwegian Property Results Bounce Back in Q3 • Luxembourg Offers 2010 Office Opportunities • German Property Sentiment Surges in October • Tishman Speyer Pays $95M for Office Property • Kopernik Hands Moscow Properties to Alfa Bank
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