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Volume 3 - Number 4 | February 15, 2005

INSIDER: Kimco Exchange Place’s Robert James By Michelle Napoli Robert P. James, director of real estate for Kimco Realty Corp., runs the REIT’s Manhattan-based taxable subsidiary Kimco Exchange Place, which was formed in 2000. Among the kinds of properties Kimco Exchange Place has brokered around the country are grocery-anchored shopping centers in which parent Kimco owned an interest, such as Maricopa Fiesta in Maricopa, AZ, and single-tenant assets occupied by such well-known brands as Carl’s Jr., Pizza Hut and Wendy’s.

Big Box Update: Opposition Ensues in Many Locations, But Investors Want The Assets By Michelle Napoli From the eastern stretches of Long Island, NY all the way west to California, anti-big box sentiment has been brewing in many municipalities for years. And while sometimes the protests and regulations that stymie big box retailers’ development plans have more to do with a town’s general desire to define its own destiny—what it will look and feel like for many years down the road, regardless of a particular retailer—these days the anti-big box movement seems more and more to target the mother of them all, Wal-Mart.

Sale-Leaseback Integral Part of Private Equity Firm’s Franchisee Buy By Michelle Napoli The sale-leaseback of almost $100 million of restaurant properties was an integral part of a recent restaurant franchisee acquisition by a private equity firm, those involved in the deal say.