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	Top Stories for the Week of October 29, 2007	Print Full Issue
	Click Here For Regional Coverage Hilton, Blackstone Close $26B Merger BEVERLY HILLS, CA-The deal gives Blackstone the keys to one of the world's largest hotel chains, with 2,896 properties and 490,000 rooms. EMI Unveils $4B Mixed-Use Complex BANGALORE, INDIA-Retail affiliate Plaza Centers is being invited to participate in the 200-acre master-planned development. Though Tragic, CA Fires Won’t Affect Economy SAN DIEGO-Despite the normal short-term economic slowdown that follows most disasters, local, regional and statewide economies should not suffer any long-term ramifications. Downtown Alliance Balks as Merrill Preps to Walk NEW YORK CITY-Sources confirm reports that Merrill Lynch is inches away from a deal with Vornado to build new in Midtown. It's not a prospect that makes the Downtown Alliance smile. Four Developers Vie for WP Station Project WHITE PLAINS-The developers are in competition to develop a prime 4.6-acre site by the White Plains train station, GlobeSt.com has learned. MGM Completes 14M-Share Sale to Dubai World LAS VEGAS- The developer of the Palm and World developments off the coast of Dubai now controls 4.8% of the casino operator’s outstanding shares. Stonehenge Closes $500M Acquisition Fund NEW YORK CITY-Stonehenge closes its new equity fund to acquire office, retail and residential properties, and target high-yield debt opportunities. StratREAL Pays $294M for Two Office Complexes MINNEAPOLIS-The London-based firm is the new owner of the one-million-sf Fifth Street Towers here, and RiverPark in Norwalk, CT. ALM Takes 90,000 SF at 120 B'Way NEW YORK CITY-A phased occupancy of the landmark Equitable Building--consolidating four separate Manhattan locations--is slated to begin in Mid 2008. Print Top Stories

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Oceanfront MXD Gets Second Phase • Hampshire Fund Targets Value-Add • JV Plans $260M Queens Mixed Use • JEMB Realty Refinances Herald Towers • Jones Lang LaSalle Acquires Klatskin • SL Green Sells 17-Story Asset for $157M • Times Equities Takes 176,594-SF Site for $71M • Nearly $94M Funds Luxury Condo Construction • Quincy Mutual Secures 227,000-SF Industrial	Southwest     Print Full Region • Ground Breaks Thursday on 1M-SF Corporate HQ • Hines Acquires 281 Acres for MXD Development • Transwestern Takes Reins to 364,533-SF Tower • JV Prepares for Construction on 800 Acres • Angelo, Gordon, Amerimar Sell 314-Key Hotel Derek • Holt Buys 21 Buildings With $50M Loan Help • Industry Addresses Ways to Win Deals Globally • Lightstone Group Grabs, Re-Flags Two Baymonts
Midwest     Print Full Region • HSA To Build About Seven Assets on 90 Acres • USAA Hires Firm to Lease Up $178M Park • Metzler Acquires 286,000-SF Rookery for $73M • Caterpillar Logistics Expands to 295,000 SF • Advantage Leases a Third of New Duke Office • Metropolitan Set to Raise $67M Condo Tower • Inland Buys Distribution Building for $26M	West Coast     Print Full Region • SoCal JV Starts Phase One of $220M Project • 768-Unit Complex Hits Market for $170M • Buchanan Street, TCW Forge Partnership • $162 Maxxam Refinancing Funds New Deals • $78M Refinances 36-Property Portfolio • Shorenstein Buys $40M Moffett Towers Debt • Coppertree Garners $66M in Building Sales • Hughes Center Offices Trade for $30M
Southeast     Print Full Region • $134M Funds Seagate Project Construction • Joint Venture Fund Adds $80M in Student Housing • Goodman Starts Work on 515,000-SF Center • Royal Caribbean Inks 267,250-SF Lease With IDI • Crown West Doubles NC Portfolio With $61M Buy • University of Georgia Takes 60,000 SF • $20M Financing Buoys 244-Unit Acquisition • Deals Bring Duke’s Area Holdings to 92% Leased	Around The Globe     Print Full Region • Songdo Sustainable Program Gets Key Support • LaSalle Upbeat on Euro Real Estate Trends • ProLogis Inks 158,000-SF Distribution Lease • CBRE Bolsters China Team to Meet Rising Demand
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