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	Top Stories for the Week of December 11, 2006	Print Full Issue
	Click Here For Regional Coverage C&W in Talks to Switch From Japanese Ownership NEW YORK CITY-Sources confirm that the New York City brokerage house and the Agnelli family of Italy are about to shake hands on a $600-million buy-out of Mitsubishi Estate Co. Reckson Approves SL Green Merger NEW YORK CITY-After over a month of speculation, fueled by unhappy shareholders and sudden competing bids, and a day of suspense Reckson will go to its original suitor. Tishman Speyer Breaks Another Record NEW YORK CITY-Tishman Speyer’s sale of the class A office building, 666 Fifth Ave., comes just months after the company agreed to purchase Stuyvesant Town Peter Cooper Village for $5.4 billion Hard Rock Trading Hands for $965M HOLLYWOOD, FL-The Seminole Tribe here is buying the 130-plus asset Hard Rock International from British gamin company Rank Group PLC. Damac Plans $16B Egyptian Project DUBAI-The mixed-use development will span 3,000 ha of land at the Gamsha Bay Egyption resort on the Red Sea. RealShare EXCLUSIVE: Housing Cools, But Nonresidential Still Hot HOLLYWOOD, FL-Strong fundamentals, coupled with the lack of available land, is contributing to strength in the nonresidential sector--keeping the region from entering a recession. Station Casinos Reviewing Buy-Out Offer LAS VEGAS-A group led by company chairman and CEO Frank Fertitta offers to acquire all of the casino operator’s outstanding stock for $82 per share in cash, or about $4.7 billion. RealShare EXCLUSIVE: Space Demands May Turn on Election Results MCLEAN, VA-Panelists at the RealShare Conference discussed the impact BRAC and the recent elections will have on the market. Developer Adds Units to 2,000-Ft Tall Chicago Spire CHICAGO-Shelbourne removes the hotel, above-ground parking garage and antenna, and boosts the number of units to 1,300; plans will be reviewed Dec. 8. Local Firm Presents $900M Waterfront Plan YONKERS-Homes for America Holdings Inc. has submitted plans to the city for a mixed-use development on the waterfront at the former BICC Cable property. The locally based firm hopes to break ground by year’s end 2007. $850M Village Set to Go Vertical LAS VEGAS-A year after site work began, workers here are preparing to bring the 1.35-million-sf come 1.35-million-sf Village at Queensridge out of the ground. BOMA, USGBC Ally to Promote Green Building WASHINGTON, DC-BOMA will be a USGBC Top Tier Partner in this endeavor, which will focus on environmentally friendly construction and maintenance practices. Stadium Gets $300M NFL Loan EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ-The proposed 81,000-seat venue for the Giants and Jets is now slated to start construction in mid-2007, if the two teams can agree on some design issues. Ashford Finalizes $267M Portfolio Takeover DALLAS-As promised, the REIT takes 2,004 keys to seven hotels for $267.2 million. As the keys turn, Ashford puts two hotels up for sale. Print Top Stories

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • SL Green Plows Ahead; Reckson Deal a Lock-In • Normandy Acquires $157M Portfolio • One Newark Center Sells for $111M • Mills and Gazit-Globe Reach Accord • $200M Green Project To Be New England's Largest • Developer Plans $240M Family Spa • Benjamin Moore Buys 142,000-SF HQ • Con Edison Leases 12 Water St. Building • $40M Entertainment, Retail Complex On Tap	Southwest     Print Full Region • Unilever Working 2M-SF Development Deal • JV Invests $60M Plus Into Triple Retail Buy • Fluor Wins $2.2B Saudi Petrochemical Contract • Investcorp, Hicks Planning $730M Takeover • JV Plans $1B Hotel-Style Hospital Projects • Retail Consultant Picked for $1B-Plus Mixed Use • Colonial Sheds Almost 1M SF of Retail to JV • $24M Loan Jump-Starts Stalled $250M Project • Construction To Launch on Spec 307,200 SF • Firm Signs 210,000-SF Lease for Office Space • LA Investor Snags 126,015-SF Northwest One
Midwest     Print Full Region • Jaffe Building 600,000-SF Center in Suburbs • Transpacific Acquires 793,000 SF in Indy • Jupiter Gets Nod for $162M Apartment Asset • New McShane Firm Looks to Acquire 400,000 SF • Duke To Acquire Healthcare Development Firm • Consulting Firm Renews at One S. Wacker • WellPoint Leases 117,500 SF of Office at IMC • DLC Enters Nebraska With Recent Retail Buy • Apartment Market Rebounds in Chicagoland • Bridgewood Plaza in Iowa Fetches $215 Per SF	West Coast     Print Full Region • Frosh Resigns SVN Post • NV State Board Recommends Sands Regent Sale • Tracinda Corp. Starts Tender Offer for MGM Mirage • Chevron Expands at Bishop Ranch • Mammoth Equities Relocates to New HQ • NBC Universal Unveils Plan for 391 Acres • UBS Fund Buys $92M Trammell Crow Complex • CB Richard Ellis Acquires Hawaii Office • Next Realty Plans 450,000-SF Power Center • 100,000-SF Office Campus Trades Hands
Southeast     Print Full Region • 407,000-SF Office Buy Moves FL Firm Into Market • $250M Mixed-Use Project To Rise on 200 Acres • Investment Group Eyes $250M Mixed Use • Two Firms Team on $175M Mixed-Use Project • Dirt Moves on $120M First Phase of Office Project • Highwoods Sells Non-Core Assets for $38M Plus • Kindl To Head Plascencia Hotel Debt Placement • $21M Plus Gives Bascom Another Georgia Asset	Around The Globe     Print Full Region • Aldar To Develop $40B Leisure Island • New Industrial Park Set for Northeastern China • $788M Moves Massive Mixed-Use Project Into New Hands • Fund Plans 600,000-SF Retail Center in Romania • Hilton To Manage Its Second Hotel in Kuwait
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