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	Top Stories for the Week of July 30, 2007	Print Full Issue
	Click Here For Regional Coverage GE Closes on $1B Chi Deal With Blackstone, Flips One CHICAGO-GE Real Estate closed Tuesday on 4.6 million sf of office buildings and plans to hold the bulk of the properties for two-to-five years. Shareholders Greenlight FECI, Fortress Merger JACKSONVILLE, FL-The $3.5-billion deal will take the owner of Flagler Development Group private when it closes, which happen as soon as tomorrow. State OKs $880M for Convention Center PHILADELPHIA-The state is providing $700 million to clear land and construct a 300,000-sf expansion and kicking in $6 million a year for operations. BOMA Session: Attack Green Risk Head On NEW YORK CITY-Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co., a Novato, CA-based company, views risk associated with green buildings in a nontraditional way. Republic Property Trust Sells for $850M WASHINGTON, DC-The stock price of Republic Property Trust already surged earlier this year after it had set up a special committee to evaluate strategic alternatives. Inland American Gets Apple Hospitality Five RICHMOND, VA-The sale of this REIT follows the $877-million sale of Apple Hospitality Two to ING Clarion Partners last month. JPMorgan Buys Brewery Blocks MXD for $292M PORTLAND, OR-Gerding Edlen lands a premium price for the diversified, LEED-certified portfolio on the streetcar line in this city’s popular Pearl District. Print Top Stories

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Three Firms Chip in on $100M-Plus Luxury Project • GE/Capmark Invests $107M in Affordable Housing • C&W Closes Sonnenblick Goldman Deal • Harrison MetroCentre Gets Site Approval • BOMA Unveils Seven-Point Green Push • SL Green, Wachovia JV on 1372 Broadway • Daiichi Sankyo Doubles Lease to 186,000 SF • BOMA Opener Sounds Human-Capital Alarm • TA Associates Takes Research Plaza for $60M • CT Hotel Group Buys Westchester Marriott Hotel	Southwest     Print Full Region • Koll, Pru Betting $200M More on Intellicenters • TCC's $80M Retail Center To Lead 24-Acre MXD • Self-Storage JV Earmarks $100M for Southwest • Opportunity REIT I Buys Back-Office Complex • CMD Fund Sells Office Complex for $96M • Brokers Fill 204,000 SF; Phase II Work Begins • Domus Plans 250,000 SF at 27-Acre Site • Maceo Family Selling Prime Galveston Acreage • Jackson-Shaw Planning $40M-Plus Office Project • Two Anchor Sites Bring $19M in 290-Acre MXD
Midwest     Print Full Region • First Industrial Expands to Netherlands, Belgium • Taubman Maps Out $300M Investment Target • UnitedHealth Signs JLL, Keeps CB for Projects • Cousins Plans 680,000-SF, $60M Power Center • ProLogis To Erect 349,000-SF Spec Building • RAM Sells Two Riverfront Towers for $50M • Roxbury, City Developing $41M MXD Project	West Coast     Print Full Region • Union Square Retail Building Fetches $70M • KBS Acquires Opus Portfolio for $125M • Donahue Schriber Starts 735,000-SF Center • Fort Properties Buys 340,000 SF for $70M • Bethany Cuts Capital Costs Via $157M Loan • REI Group Takes Reins as Preferred Arena Developer • Carlyle Group Pays $98M for 377,000 SF • Wells Fargo Leases Bulk of Opus Project • SF Mid-Year Commercial Sales Volume: $9B • WP Carey Closes $41M Sales-Leaseback Deal
Southeast     Print Full Region • Gamma Industries Inks 157,000-SF Lease • REIT Sheds 1M-SF University Mall for $145M • Partnership Starts $300M Buckhead Project • Investment Group Takes Morehead Medical Plaza • Highwoods Inks BTS Office Deal With Comcast • Graham/Corfac Starts $60M Spec Industrial Plan • Miami Buyer Takes 27-Acre Site for $38M • Oakmont Begins Parkway Logistics Centre Phase II	Around The Globe     Print Full Region • Deka Immobilien Secures $175M Retail Buy • GE Capital, Crestyl Make $138M Czech Buy • Host Marches Into Belgium With Three-Building Buy • JLL Gets Nod as Broker of $500M Korean Project • Belgrade’s Delta City Mall Hits 100% Occupancy
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