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	Top Stories for the Week of May 29, 2007	Print Full Issue
	Click Here For Regional Coverage Morgan Stanley Takes Crescent in $6.5B Play FORT WORTH-A $22.80-per-share offer from Morgan Stanley Real Estate ends speculation about Crescent Real Estate Equities' future. As the REIT goes private, the market reacts. Blackstone Could Make $7.75B on Share Sale NEW YORK CITY-In conjunction with the IPO, Blackstone agrees to sell $3 billion of non-voting units to a Chinese firm. NNN, Grubb & Ellis Strike Merger Accord CHICAGO-NNN founder and chairman Anthony W. Thompson will become chairman of the board of the new company, which will retain the name Grubb & Ellis. WTC Insurance Battles End With $2B Silverstein Win NEW YORK CITY-Legal wranglings that began within a month of Sept. 11 are now over. Gov. Spitzer calls the settlement the 'last major barrier' to rebuilding. Fremont General Sells Loan Unit for $2B SANTA MONICA, CA-The company agrees to sell its commercial real estate lending business to New York City-based iStar Financial Inc. Koll, Rosewood Eye 103 Acres for BTS Lease Plan DALLAS-Rosewood dips into its land bank for Koll to court corporate America for campus-type space in three cities. Up 1.5 million sf could rise. Plise Planning $2B Mini-City in Henderson LAS VEGAS-The phased 126-acre project will consist of 600,000 sf of retail, one million sf of office, a boutique hotel and 2,500 units. The first phase is slated to open in 2009. Vornado Completes $1.8B Purchase NEWARK–The REIT now holds a 70% interest in 1290 Avenue of the Americas in New York City and 555 California St. in San Francisco. Tracinda Corp. Eyes Bellagio, CityCenter LAS VEGAS-Kirk Kerkorian’s investment arm will attempt to acquire the properties from MGM Mirage Inc. and also will pursue strategic alternatives related to its 56% stake in the company. First Hartford Realty Plans 1M-SF-Plus Retail EDINBURG, TX-The two-year landowner puts 130 acres to work in an $80-million plan for a 455,000-sf lifestyle center and 700,000-sf power center. Print Top Stories

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Merlin Closes $1.9B Tussauds Buy • ING Clarion Closes $877M Acquisition • Conroy Makes Plans for $700M MXD Project • Lehman Brothers Takes 400,000 SF From Time • Fillmore, Genesis Trade Barbs About Bids • Madison Marquette Closes on $500M Fund • EEOC Inks 144,000-SF Lease in NoMA • Bonaventure Plans $200M Acquisition Spree • Mortgage Associations Dispute Subprime Remedies • M Street Office Trades for $152M	Southwest     Print Full Region • Crescent, Walton TCC Begin Closing $620M Deal • Ernst & Young Ink 10-Year Deal for 150,000 SF • Vazza Eyes $100M Mixed-Use for 45-Acre Tract • Stream Adds 1M SF Plus to Leasing War Chest • Healthcare REIT Snags 110,000-SF Office Complex • 520,000-SF Spec Jump-Starts 327-Acre Park • California Buyer Bests 17 Others for 360 Units • 29-Acre Assembly Sets Resale Plan Into Motion • S-J Picks Up Nearly $41M From One-Year Hold • Post-Merger Consolidation Sparks $10M Project
Midwest     Print Full Region • Grubb Name Too Popular to Drop, Says New CEO • Callahan To Talk Trizec, EOP • JV Looks to Acquire $1B in Retail Properties • TCB Plans 575,000-SF Spec Industrial Building • EQR Sells Apartment Complexes for $73M • Metcalf Buys Building for $33M, Delphi Leases	West Coast     Print Full Region • Boyd JV Unveils $500M Retail Development • MGM Closes $444M North Strip Land Buy • Maguire Sells Three EOP Assets for $310M • Liquid Realty Invests in $286M Hotel Portfolio • Piers 27-31 Now Seen as Cruise Ship Terminal • $182M Refi Fuels Everest's $210M MXD Project • JC Penney Plans 436,000-SF Logistics Center
Southeast     Print Full Region • Colonial Plans Fall Start for 900,000-SF Center • Apollo, Rida JV Starts $380M Hilton Hotel • Jobs, Population Growth Spur Current Market • $176M Funds Condo Hotel at Icon Brickell • $110M Pays Down Debt on 850,000-SF Asset • BAP Retains Site, Plans Mixed-Use Development • Duke Hangs No Vacancy Sign on 146,009-SF Asset • Highwoods Rings Lake Eola With $40M Buy	Around The Globe     Print Full Region • MGM To Anchor 200,000-SF Lifestyle Center
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