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	Top Stories for the Week of October 9, 2006	Print Full Issue
	Click Here For Regional Coverage UPDATE: Trizec Dissolves With $9B Merger Complete CHICAGO-Brookfield Properties Corp. and the Blackstone Group complete the $9-billion acquisition of Trizec Properties Inc. and Trizec Canada Inc. Harrah’s Receives $15B LBO Offer LAS VEGAS-The casino operator receives a proposal from Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group to acquire all of the company’s outstanding common stock for $81 per share in cash; Harrah’s share price up 16%. London Rivals Enter Into Nearly $4B Merger Talks LONDON-Two of central London’s largest specialty property companies are talking about creating a euro 2.8-billion ($3.6-billion) operation, with an eye toward becoming a REIT. Fund Buys Seven Canadian Hotels for $1B-Plus TORONTO-Fairmont Hotels, which was bought in January for C$3.7 billion ($3.3 billion) sells seven Canadian hotels for about C$1.5 billion ($1.33 billion). RealShare EXCLUSIVE: DEP Reform Could Be Under Way In New Jersey TEANECK, NJ-The DEP commissioner tells yesterday's RealShare New Jersey audience that remediation reform is shaping up, although any of it making it through the legislature is another story. New Chief, More Starts Coming for $1B Project ORANGE BEACH, AL-Beason Wilkes takes over a project he helped to plan. The Wharf will have 1.1 million sf of retail, 1,500 condos and five hotels. Douglas Emmett Prices Shares in $1B IPO SANTA MONICA, CA-The owner of nearly 12 million sf of office space and 3,000 apartment units says that it will price shares of its previously announced IPO at $19 to $21. Federated Completes $1B Sale of Lord & Taylor CINCINNATI-NRDC Equity Partners of Purchase, NY buys the retail division for $1.08 billion, or approximately $840 million after tax. UPDATE: Mills Finalizes $988M Ivanhoe Cambridge Deal CHEVY CHASE, MD-The transaction centers on three foreign-based assets, Canada’s Vaughan Mills, Scotland’s St. Enoch Centre and Madrid Xanadu. Print Top Stories

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • $3B Merger Set to Close • Realogy Buys Oncor International • Jones Day Takes 150,000 SF in $168M Project • 127-Acre Marlborough Campus Sells for $135M • $100M Lands Spanish JV On US Soil • Silverstein, CalStrs Close on $400M Purchase of 575 Lex • Industry Hopeful Insurance Solution Coming • Work Starts for $500M MXD Project • BlackRock Realty Acquires 1015 15th St. • $77M-Plus Loan Funds 601,901-SF Storage Deal • One Penn Center Obtains $71M Refi	Southwest     Print Full Region • Hines JV Unveils 300,000-SF Office Project • JV Planting $500M Into Industrial Properties • TCC Will Oversee 3M-SF Plus in MetLife Trio • Sizeler Exit Not Likely to Impact $324M Vote • Bascom JV's Whirlwind Deals Spin Out $142M • Christus Takes 109,576 SF, Gets Dibs on More • Sublease Tenant Goes Direct With 200,000 SF • Financing Clears Way for $130M Development • $83M Buys Phoenix Inroad, Houston One-Off • Financial Network OK's $65M Lease for B-T-S • Chase Merritt JV Inks $47M, 281,885-SF Deal
Midwest     Print Full Region • Trizec Outlines $2B Asset Sale to Blackstone • First Industrial Predicts $800M Pipeline • Strategic Pays $82M for Portion of Tower • BPG Buys 577,818-SF Office Complex for $75M • JV Buys 169,329-SF Medical Office Portfolio • Duke Starts 140,000 SF of Spec Office Space • Housing Slump Puts Mild Dent in Office Sector	West Coast     Print Full Region • Starbucks Ups Growth Plans • Boyd, Harrah’s To Swap Strip Property • Hines Buys LNR Warner Center for $311M • Apt Market Stable, but Threats Loom • Liquidating REIT Plans $171M Payout • CBRE Realty Finance IPO Raises $160M • Blue Shield Renews, Expands at 50 Beale St. • Rockefeller Buys 27-Acre Seagate Site • AFRT Sells Vacant Office Complex • Cohen Acquires 69,000-SF Isuzu Building
Southeast     Print Full Region • City Gives Nod to $1B Arts, Sports Projects • Tishman Speyer Buys 3M-Plus-SF Portfolio for $650M • Kia Set to Break Ground on First US Plant • Cherokee County Braces for $500M in Development • $250M in Buys Locks in EOP's South Florida Push • Innkeepers Completes $215M Hotel Deal • Investor Acquires 42 Acres, Three Office Buildings • 230,000-SF Flex Property Sale Nears $26M • 150,000-SF Office Building Trades for $23M	Around The Globe     Print Full Region • Emaar To Raise $1B Via Syndication • Qatari Diar Signs Up for 1M-SF Sudanese Project • Hong Kong Gov’t. Shortlists Four for $667M Project • Trump Ventures Into Mexico • Brookfield Picks Up Chase Portfolio for $450M
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