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	Top Stories for the Week of January 2, 2008	Print Full Issue
	Click Here For Regional Coverage All Approvals in Place for Harrah’s Privatization LAS VEGAS-With Nevada gambling regulators and the National Indian Gaming Commission now signed off, the $27.8-billion privatization is scheduled to close in early 2008. Manor Care Completes $6.3B Sale of Company TOLEDO, OH-The management of the firm, which operates more than 500 nursing and rehab centers in 32 states, will stay on when the Carlyle Group takes over. Amazon Inks $1.5B, 11-Building HQ Deal SEATTLE-Beginning in 2010, the online retailer will begin occupying 1.6 million sf to be built on six blocks immediately north of the CBD in the South Lake Union area. Trump Properties Get Breathing Room ATLANTIC CITY-The new loan for the company's Atlantic City properties carries an interest rate of Libor plus 3.2% and has a five-year maturity period. $300M Redevelopment Set for Treme Neighborhood NEW ORLEANS-City council clears the way for a JV to demolish the vacant 894-unit Lafitte complex and rebuild or rehab about 1,500 replacement units. Print Top Stories

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • SL Green Gets $110M for Office Refi • Village Set to Approve Lighthouse Landing • Rreef Sells 1,585 Apartments to NC Firm • St. Luke’s Begins $100M Outpatient Campus • Dirt Moves on 315,000-SF Spec Warehouse • Principal-McCaffery JV Acquires $93M Portfolio • Post Enters MD With $87M Hyattsville Project	Southwest     Print Full Region • Major Buyers Debunk '08 CRE Doomsday • Big Industrial Purchases 2M-SF-Plus Tire Plant • TradeCor Buys More Land in Emerging Retail Area • Dallas Teardowns Keep Net Gain at 17-Year Low • Senior Living Operators Plan $35M Buy-Out • $26M Project Kicks Off Long-Term JV
Midwest     Print Full Region • ECMC Looks for More Than 100,000 SF for HQ • Real Development Plans $109M MXD Downtown • Target Agrees to Anchor $69M MXD Project • ARA Sells Apartment Complex for $55M • $25M Restaurant, Hotel Added to Outlet Center	West Coast     Print Full Region • 47% Stake in 1,381 Apartments Fetches $202M • Parkside Towers Selling for $180M • TMG, Farallon Sell Hawthorne Plaza • Wells Fargo Economists Say ’08 Recession Unlikely • $35M MXD Project Restores Urban Site
Southeast     Print Full Region • Market Instability Spurs Lodgian to Suspend Talks • Post Sells 625 Units, Puts 396 Units in JV • DeSanto Acquires Cason Estates for $27M • Area Office Investment Still Flexing Muscles • PKF Sees Lodging Industry Slowdown in 2008	Around The Globe     Print Full Region • Leisure Canada Gets $20M in Working Capital
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