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	Top Stories for the Week of August 20, 2007	Print Full Issue
	Click Here For Regional Coverage Behringer Harvard Makes $1.4B Play for IPC REIT DALLAS-Behringer Harvard REIT I's definitive agreement covers the Toronto-based REIT and its portfolio of 35 US office buildings. There is a go-shop period in effect until Sept. 30. Fed Reserve Rides in to Save Liquidity NEW YORK CITY-The Federal Reserve acts to ease the flow credit and calm market fears with the central bank injecting more money into the market, but is it enough? Darden To Take Rare Hospitality in $1.4B Deal ATLANTA-In addition to its more than 300 restaurants, Rare Hospitality plans to open between 38 and 40 new ones this year. Myriad Gets 60-Day Stay for $1.3B Resort Site TUNICA, MS-A local family gives the casino and resort developer until Oct. 1 to close on the 500 acres. The developer attributes the delay to talks with funding partners for the Myriad Botanical Resort. Fifth Third Bancorp Enters NC With $1B Acquisition CHARLOTTE, NC-Under a $1.09-billion agreement, Fifth Third Bancorp will acquire 57 First Charter branches here and another two in Atlanta. Lexington JV Selling 53 Properties for $940M NEW YORK CITY-The REIT is establishing a joint venture to sell the properties located in 28 states as part of the company's restructuring plan. Brookfield Completes $850M Refinancing NEW YORK CITY-Brookfield Properties refinances Lower Manhattan's One Liberty Plaza with an $850-million, non-recourse 10-year loan. Credit Crunch, Diverse Economy Dominate Talks ONTARIO, CA-The Inland Empire balances the subprime fallout along with booming job growth that will top 30,000 new jobs this year. Behringer Harvard To Buy 3M-SF Portfolio CHICAGO-The portfolio, which includes One Financial Place, 10 S. Riverside Plaza, 120 S. Riverside Plaza and 200 S. Wacker Dr., carries a $850-million price tag. Print Top Stories

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Equity Industrial Completes $516M CRE Sale • Kaplan, Harrison Form $350M Senior Housing Venture • CalSTERS, Heitman Selling 660,000-SF Retail Block • Penn Gaming Expands as $8.9B Buy-Out Nears • JPI Plans $150M Baseball District Multifamily • Natick Firm Wins $120M Thomson Financial Deal • Industry Hopes GSE Portfolio Caps Will Ease • Merrill Lynch Inches Close to New HQ • $124M Funds 206,853-SF Office-Condo Buy • Next Generation Employees Want More	Southwest     Print Full Region • $1.4B Buy-Out Will Close One Door, Open Others • Behringer REIT Rescues $500M Frisco Square • Comerica's HQ Decision No Longer in Question • Wells REIT, Verizon Ink 253,498-SF Class A Pact • Ritz-Carlton MXD Project Gets $112M Seed Money • $55M LEED Retail Project Ready to Get Under Way • Taco Bueno Franchisee Readies $50M-Plus Plan • TCC's Cole Creek Getting 426,930-SF Phase Three • Simpkins Buys 213 Acres Surrounding Katy Mills
Midwest     Print Full Region • Apex Fills Former Sam’s Club with Kart Racing • Leydig Expands to 70,000 SF at Prudential • $522M Twins Ballpark Nears On-Deck Circle • Hines/Levy Sign Firm for $400M Office Tower • Magna Drops $325M Racetrack-Retail Project • GSH Starts Construction on Up-To-$70M Project • Macy’s Spending $50M for Distribution Center • BlackRock Purchases Calhoun Square for $45M	West Coast     Print Full Region • Buyer Loses Lenders for Mission West Purchase • $1.2B New Frontier Sale Closes • Emeritus Completes $501M Purchase • Google Inc. Preleases 195,000-SF Office Campus • $200M Jack London Square Project Moves Forward • Marriott Spends $186M Buying Up Vegas Block • $300 Per SF Buys Two-Building Concord Complex • Resort Broker Eschews 11th Hour Settlement Deal • BPG Properties Sells Sandpointe for $40M • Sand Hill Sells Hilton Garden Inn
Southeast     Print Full Region • $173M Loan Advances 1450 Brickell Project • Duke Healthcare Enters Area With 364,000-SF Buy • Edens & Avant Adds 148,000 SF to Portfolio • Developer Sets Start for $52M Office-Condo Plan • JV Completes $74M Purchase of Crowne Plaza • GID Takes 110,000-SF in Value-Add Play • Retail Taking Shape at $60M Forum Project • 92,000-SF Mall Trades for $37M	Around The Globe     Print Full Region • Doughty Hanson Trading Finnish Mall for $450M • KL Holdings Making $65M Bet on Aruba • ProLogis Preleases 600,000-SF Industrial Park • IKEA Moscow Project Hits Leasing Milestone • GE Produces Nearly $29M for Toronto’s Filmport
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