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	Top Stories for the Week of August 6, 2007	Print Full Issue
	Click Here For Regional Coverage Overwhelming Majority OKs $6.5B Crescent Merger FORT WORTH-CEO John Goff tells GlobeSt.com that he's shooting for closing with buyer Morgan Stanley as soon as Friday. The Crescent name is expected to survive the sale. City OKs Plans for $1.8B Mixed-Use Tower MIAMI-Developers plan to break ground in 2011 on One Bayfront Plaza, poised to become the city’s tallest building at 1,049 feet. Cabi Closes $1.5B Arden Office Portfolio LOS ANGELES-The local arm of Mexico's Gicsa lands floating rate debt arranged by Carlton Advisory Services to cover 90% of the acquisition costs. Broker Sues in $1.2B New Frontier Deal LAS VEGAS-David Atwell, who says he helped initiate the record-breaking transaction, also says there's an outstanding matter of an unpaid broker’s fee. Gramercy Prices $1.1B Commercial Real Estate CDO NEW YORK CITY-Gramercy will utilize the proceeds to retire outstanding borrowings and to acquire existing currently financed fixed-rate loans. Allegiance-Led JV Begins $850M Rayzor Ranch DENTON, TX-Allegiance Development and Torreon Capital break ground today on a 410-acre mix of retail, residential and office with a new Museum of Texas Art and Culture as the centerpiece. RFR Holding Closes on $850M Stamford Office Deal STAMFORD, CT-RFR Holding closes on the purchase of the former Stamford office portfolio of Equity Office Properties Trust from the Blackstone Group. Hines Closes $828M Pool for Second Office Fund HOUSTON-The fund manager gets seed money from 17 institutional investors for the Hines US Office Value Added Fund II. With leverage, it has $2.7 billion of buying power. Transwestern’s Fund To Yield $750M Portfolio CHICAGO-Transwestern Investment Co. LLC has invested a third of the equity into its institutional equity fund focused on multifamily investments. Forest City To Spend $673M on Military Homes CLEVELAND-The 4,647 family units on/or near bases in Washington, Colorado, Hawaii and Tennessee will boost the firm’s military housing count to almost 12,000 units. Print Top Stories

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • NE Retail Portfolio Trades in $377M Transaction • $300M NOMA Multifamily Development Starts • Midtown Office Asset Closes at $180M • Wells Buys Land for $180M Westinghouse HQ • Leasing Ramps up for $161M Retail Development • $150M Condos Under Construction • $145M Funds Equity Recap for Class A Tower • 122-Acre Lynnewood Gardens Sells for $135M • Praedium, SKB JV Pay for More Than 1M SF • Casinos Get $100M License Reprieves • West Side Analysis: Ball Begins to Roll • Protestors Storm Starrett Owner’s Office • Three Firms JV, Acquire Six Hotel Portfolio • Brandywine Realty Buys $96M Office Park • RAIT To Discuss $95M Exposure to AHM • Inland Western Taps KLNB for 2M-SF Portfolio	Southwest     Print Full Region • Equastone, Crescent Seal $382M Deal for 3M SF • Cole Places $252M in One Month Into US Retail • Former HP Campus Sells for Nearly $100M • Florida Firm's $82M Bid Awaiting Final Sign-Off • Vidorra's Developers Set To Start $58M Twin • TCR Plans $55M Project for 23-Acre Purchase • Langley Properties Buys Stake in $54M Project • ING Clarion Hunkers Down for Last Call on 1M SF • BoA Shuffling Offices, Leases 560,000 SF • 550,600-SF Spec Project Under Way • ServiceCraft Sets Up New Shop in 419,758 SF
Midwest     Print Full Region • State Awards Grants for $134M in Projects • New Dietz Group Plans Up-To-$100M Investment • New $92M Casino Queen Facility Opens Today • DHC Adds Doubletree Hotel for Nearly $65M • RCP Provides Capital Needed for $57M Hilton • Simply Buys Four Storage Properties for $55M • Golub, AEW Capital Buy Two Offices for $49M • Transwestern Fund Pays $44M on Office, Hotels • KTR Buys 671,000-SF Former Ladder Warehouse • JLL Promotes Two to Division Chairman, CEO	West Coast     Print Full Region • Starbucks Sets Goal For 2,600 Stores • SBE, Stockbridge Complete Sahara Acquisition • $300M-Plus St. Regis Resort Under Way • Canyon Capital, Angelides Start With $250M • Ashforth Pacific, GE Buy 405 Howard for $247M • KW, Rreef Buy 516-unit Northend Complex • Forest City Buys Stake in Downtown Site • Cushman & Wakefield Lands 3M-SF Portfolio • 114 Sansome Goes to Seagate for $67M • Cornerstone Buys 174,000-SF Complex for $58M • Jamison Expands With $39M Office Buy
Southeast     Print Full Region • $217M Funds Chartwell’s Seniors Housing Buy • Land Sale Spurs $82M Remount Business Park • SVN Equities Pays $61M for 1M SF of Flex Space • 515,965-SF Tower Gets $48M in Financing • ProLogis Signs Electronics Firm to 612,000 SF	Around The Globe     Print Full Region • Klepierre SA Completes $230M Polish Retail Buy • New Songdo City Enters USGBC Pilot Program • BTB Stays Local in $21M Portfolio Buy
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