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	Top Stories for the Week of November 13, 2006	Print Full Issue
	Click Here For Regional Coverage RealNet Buys Indy Office and Retail Properties INDIANAPOLIS-The Portland, OR-based company’s recent acquisitions include a 53,049-sf retail and office center in Carmel, IN, and a 32,114-sf retail center in Indianapolis. Canadian REITs, Sizeler Close $434M Sale KENNER, LA-With the deal done, Sizeler stops NYSE trading. The closing brings an extra $110 million and details about the shareholders' vote. Bill Gates, JV, Make $3.7B Bid for Four Seasons TORONTO-The Microsoft chief and a Saudi prince are joining forces to take Four Seasons Hotel Inc. private. Wynn, Trump Talking About Mega-Resort ATLANTIC CITY-Speculation confirmed by industry sources focuses on a $3-billion project where the Trump Plaza now sits. HFF Files Registration for $100M IPO DALLAS-Holliday Fenoglio Fowler leaves the date blank, but files the SEC paperwork for its plan to go public. Bank of America Building 750,000-SF Tower CHARLOTTE, NC-The company plans to invest $450 million in the 32-floor office asset which will house approximately 1,200 associates. The building will rise across from the bank’s corporate headquarters. Freed Signs Intent for Block 37 Retail, Rail CHICAGO-If deal closes, Mills Corp., which has sold the office and residential rights to Golub/BlackRock, would be out of the State Street project completely. Outback Chain in $3.2B Buyout TAMPA, FL-Two private-equity firms and the company’s founder are buying OSI Restaurant Partners and taking it and its chains private. Analysts, Shareholders Weigh in on Reckson Merger NEW YORK CITY-One shareholder issued a letter to Reckson asking the company to reconsider the merger terms. Analysts find value in moving forward. Print Top Stories

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Columbia Equity Goes Private in $502M Deal • Mills Shareholder Files Lawsuit • RAIT’s Assets Top $1B as Merger Nears • Elections Force Industry to Size Up Agenda • Opus Starts Works on $230M MXD • TEI To Invest $200M in Retail Buys • Ritz-Carlton Boston Sells for $170M • DLC Adds Nine Southern Properties • Condo Project Gets $247M Financing Loan • Toll Bros. Housing Contracts Plummet 55% • Sharp Says Four Seasons Sale Inevitable	Southwest     Print Full Region • Colonial Plans $1.5B Shift to Multifamily • Whirlpool, JLL, Panattoni in 9M-SF Plan • TCC Lands 2M-SF Memorial Hermann Contract • Pinnacle, Harrah's Complete Casino Exchange • JV Maps Out 1M-SF Plus Beltway Office Park • Office Team Changes for $100M-Plus Project • $100M Condo-Hotel Opens Near Strip • FelCor Closing $250M Refi This Week • New Team In Place for 913,000 SF at Airport
Midwest     Print Full Region • Kite Realty Eyes $400M Pipeline • DiamondRock Closes $117M Deal for Conrad Hotel • Seven-Office, $280M Deal Includes 200 N. LaSalle • G&E Says Loss Expected, Plans Five-Year Comeback • Aztar Casino Sale Dies Before Merger Deadline	West Coast     Print Full Region • Westfield Begins $224M Expansion • Nationwide REIT Sells $149M Portfolio • Equity Office Complex Trades for $114M • $200M Bascom Fund Targets Troubled Loans • MEPT Plans $100M LoDo Office Building
Southeast     Print Full Region • DP To Build Two Parks; Targets 6M SF • Regent Takes Partner for 3344 Peachtree • Spring Start Set for 559-Unit Condo Project • Cruise Logistics Inks 70,000-SF Lease • Office, Industrial Sectors See ‘Landlord’s Market’ • Grubb & Ellis Adds New Transaction Pres	Around The Globe     Print Full Region • Plans Roll out for 17,000 Acre Malaysian Project • ProLogis Buys Severn Trent Property • Canary Wharf Pre-Sells Leasehold Interest for $493M • Deutsche Ventures Into China With $225M Project • Simon Presses Ahead with Japan Development
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