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	Top Stories for the Week of January 22, 2007	Print Full Issue
	Click Here For Regional Coverage Brookfield To Acquire Mills Corp. for $7.5B CHEVY CHASE, MD-Brookfield is forming a subsidiary in which to merge Mills. It is also providing debt financing until the merger is complete. UPDATE: Vornado Partnership Raises Ante on EOP by $1.5B CHICAGO-Vornado, Starwood Capital and Walton Street make a counteroffer worth $52 per share for the REIT, but Blackstone calls it risky and inferior. Morgan Stanley To Take CNL Hotels in $6.6B Buy ORLANDO-And another REIT bites the dust, this one with Morgan Stanley taking up all of CNL Hotels & Resorts' outstanding common stock and debt. Ashford Hospitality gains in the deal, too. Private-Equity JV Buys Genesis for $1B Plus KENNETT SQUARE, PA-Formation Capital and JER Partners will pay $1.25 billion and assume $450 million in debt for Genesis’ 221 skilled nursing and assisted living facilities. UPDATE: Baha Mar, Harrah’s Hone Plan for 1,000-Acre Resort NASSAU, BAHAMAS-The 400-acre first phase of the massive mixed-use development here calls for an investment of nearly $2.5 billion, up from $1.6 billion in November. UPDATE: Corporate Office REIT Closes on $364M Portfolio COLUMBIA, MD-The portfolio is 85% occupied and has an additional two million sf of land that can support further development. Quinnipiac, WellPoint Sign Major Sale-Leaseback NORTH HAVEN, CT-WellPoint Inc. signs an agreement to structure a sale-leaseback with Quinnipiac University for the firm’s 570,000-sf Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield campus here. Print Top Stories

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Transwestern Buys 810,000-SF Financial Towers • Barclays Partners on Brooklyn Development • $177M Oceanfront Condo Tower Ready to Rise • $260M Deal Defines Boston's Drawing Power • MBA Buys Headquarters at 1331 L St. • Nearly 300 Area Rooms Shift to Hersha’s Portfolio • Crescent Makes Acquisitions, Lands Contracts • Stockton Takes 1515 Market St. for $76M • McMorgan Pension Fund Buys 190,000-SF Office	Southwest     Print Full Region • Ashford Lays Out Strategy for CNL Hotel Deal • HFF Marks Calendar to Launch $214M-Plus IPO • Cal-Bay Gets Funding OK for $400M Mixed Use • Fluor Takes 191,000 SF Off Chevron's Hands • Bascom's First 2007 Salvo Bags 1,076 Units • Office Buyers Top $4B in Record-Setting Run • Toronto Buyer Adds New Team for Nearly 2M SF • Rreef Buys 484,132-SF Industrial Portfolio • Multifamily Developer Readying $27M Project
Midwest     Print Full Region • JV To Develop Up to 10 Aloft Brand Hotels • Equis Plans to Grow Portfolio to 5,000 Keys • Russland Gets $66M Loan for Condo Tower • Panattoni Kicks Off 27-Acre Office Project • New Firm Purchases 156,000-SF Office Building • Lauth Kicks Off Corporate Office Expansion	West Coast     Print Full Region • Waldorf-Astoria Joins $500M Hilton Project • Pinnacle Set for Major Cash Infusion • CBRE Sheds Savills in $311M Deal • Google Filling 210,000-SF Gap at 345 Spear • Phoenix Funds Land $176M in New Capital • Fox Tower Developer Planning $150M Encore • JER Buys Renaissance Stanford Court Hotel • Retail Group Plans $100M in New Buys
Southeast     Print Full Region • 17-Building Office Portfolio Gets For-Sale Sign • $125M Condo Project Coming to South Beach • JV Partners Take 300 Units Under $150M Fund • 132,000 SF of Retail To Rise on 25 Acres • Revitalized Area Seeing $42M Condo Plan Rise • CA Buyer Pays $30M for 64,617-SF Asset • 244,748-SF Retail Property Sale Tops $10M • Seagis Takes Industrial Property for $12M	Around The Globe     Print Full Region • Whitbread Selling 45 TGI Friday’s in UK • Fund Buys 400,000-SF Distribution Center • Quinlan Names Head of Property Management • Fund Buys Former Italian Post Office HQ
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