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	Top Stories for the Week of September 25, 2006	Print Full Issue
	Click Here For Regional Coverage PA Takes Freedom Tower; Confirms 600,000-SF Lease NEW YORK CITY-'The time has come to build,' says PA chair Coscia, as both the Port Authority and Silverstein Properties agree to major rewards and major penalties. Cape Town Waterfront Sells for $1B Plus CAPE TOWN-The 1.5-million-sf mixed-use development trades for $1.3 billion in what is being touted as the country's largest deal ever. Westfield Details Plans for $3B London Mall LONDON-Westfield unveils plans for its flagship European mall, the euro 2.4-billion ($3-billion) centre at London’s White City. REIT Buys TravelCenters for Nearly $2B WESTLAKE, OH-The deal comes just four months after TravelCenters reaffirmed its commitment to seek out a new investor. REITs Rank as Most Influential RE Milestone NEW YORK CITY-Respondents to a new Real Estate Forum survey rank trusts as the most influential occurrence in 60 years. Coming up, they say, is China's growth. NBA Star Teams Up With Developers of $1B Project MIAMI-Miami Heat basketball player Shaquille O’Neal forms the O’Neal Group and teams up with locally based MDM Development with its development of the $1-billion mixed-used Metropolitan Miami project. Theme Park Vets Plan Billion-Dollar Resort LAS VEGAS-Former Disney and Universal Studios employees plan a mega-resort including a ski dome, two hotels, an event arena and a casino. Belgian Gov’t Locks In on $1B-Plus JV BRUSSELS-REIT Cofinimmo and the Belgian government plan a new joint venture company with euro 1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) of state assets. The JV will be listed on the stock exchange next year. London Landmark on Block With $1B-Plus Price Tag LONDON-Maybe the new owners can do something about the nickname, but first they'll have to buy the Erotic Gherkin from Swiss Re. Crescent JV Puts $1B Buying Pool Into Play FAIRFAX, VA-Crescent Hospitality, Allied Capital and LCP Group launch the hotel group by closing on the 227-room Detroit Marriott Livonia. Print Top Stories

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Two Multifamily Plays Top $360M • Interest Could Push Parking Garage Sale Over $200M • Industry Says PA Chief Spoke Out of Turn • Mills’ Xanadu Financing Date Delayed • JV Readies 322,000-SF Capitol Hill Spec Plan • Downturn Signs Don’t Get Execs Down • Sunrise Seals Portfolio Deal With $222M Loan • Clarendon Grabs 265 Franklin St. in $170M Deal • Resort's Restoration Cost Climbs to $108M • Global Hyatt Acquires Midtown Asset for $136M • Hampshire Picks Up $185M Credit Facility • 1M-Plus-SF Mall Will Add 100,000 SF • Crescent Fund Has $200M Plus Under Contract	Southwest     Print Full Region • Developer Gets Last Parcel for 1M-SF Plan • Duke Plots 3M-SF Mixed Use on 185-Acre Claim • Ashford Eyes Flips, Flags for $268M Deal • $98M Off-Market Deal Reels In 329,740 SF • Buxton Rolls Out Retail Development Group • Aetna's Regional HQ Gets $100 Per SF Plus • Value-Add Firm Buys 1,336 Class C Apartments • Rockefeller Plans 860,000-SF Flex Industrial • About $53M Wins 277,000-SF Power Center • Shore's Developer Gets $50M to Go Vertical
Midwest     Print Full Region • Elysian Begins $275M Hotel/Residential Condo • McShane/MetLife’s 950,000-SF Plan Takes Shape • REIT Closes On 936,568-SF Office Portfolio • First Industrial Set to Raise Up to $200M • Duke Buys 258 Acres for Butterfield East • C&W Forms Alliance to Grow Retail Platform • Two Industry Heavyweights Merge • Liberty Adds 754,231 SF to Midwest Portfolio • Associated Estates Nails Down $132M Refi • Harbor Confirms Asset’s $91M Price Tag • Analyst Sees Risk in GGP Land Cash Flow	West Coast     Print Full Region • Alliance Seeks to Double $750M Pipeline • Transamerica Keeps 260,000 SF Downtown • Corus Funds $123M Condo Construction Loan • Tishman Speyer Buys $93M Office Building • Bentley Forbes Sells $81M Portfolio • Lowe Fund Buys 138,000-SF Office Building • Littleton Office Building Trades for About $40M • Dirt Moves for Third World Market Building
Southeast     Print Full Region • 237-Key W Hotel To Rise Downtown • $97M-Plus Finances Five-Building Acquisition • Nearly 500,000-SF Office Portfolio Sale Tops $97M • REIT To Acquire Ritz-Carlton for $79M Plus • REIT Sells 235,000-SF Office Asset for $62M Plus • FAA OK’s Airport Move to 4,000 Acres • Newmark Knight Frank Plants Flag in Nashville • Sperry Van Ness Forms Alliance With New Miami • Two Multifamily Assets Trade for $41M	Around The Globe     Print Full Region • Tokyo Offices Sell for Record $2B • Henderson’s Laing Buy Nears $2B • Istithmar Links Up With AIG • Reichmann Steps Down From IPC • Park Hill Sets Up New Hedge Fund Unit • Europe Set to See First CRE CDOs
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