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	Top Stories for the Week of March 10, 2008	Print Full Issue
	Click Here For Regional Coverage UDR Closes $1.7B Portfolio Sale to DRA Fund VI DENVER-The sale of 39% of its holdings leaves the apartment REIT with a portfolio concentrated in the Pacific Coast, DC corridor and Florida markets. LNR, Hopkins Start $850M, 168-Acre Center CARSON, CA-The Avalon at South Bay will include more than one million sf of retail, 1,300 housing units and 300 hotel rooms on one of L.A.'s largest undeveloped sites. Blackstone Closes $635M GSO Acquisition NEW YORK CITY-Blackstone Holdings will also pay up to an additional targeted $310 million over the next five years contingent on specified earnings targets. Credit Crunch Clouds Leave Room for Sunlight LOS ANGELES-Speakers and panelists at Real Estate 2008 see continued troubles and uncertainty ahead for the industry, but those troubles represent opportunities too. Icon Partners Unveil 4M-SF MXD Project DALLAS-Icon Midtown will have a 715,000-sf office tower, 525,000 sf of retail and entertainment space, boutique hotel and 50,000-sf eclecric food district. Borgata Expansion Will Open in June ATLANTIC CITY-Delayed by a construction fire, the $400-million Water Club will add an 800-room tower to the resort. Dirt Moves on St. Regis Condo Hotel BAL HARBOUR, FL-The project includes 268 condominiums, 36 condo-hotel suites, 183 hotel rooms and 24 St. Regis Club Residences. St. Regis Mohawks Complain to Congress AKWESASNE, NY-The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe asks Congress to conduct an investigation of the Department of Interior’s decision to reject the tribe’s casino in Monticello. $300M Discovery Tower Breaks Ground in CBD HOUSTON-Trammell Crow Co. and Principal Real Estate Investors will seek LEED Gold status for the 871,000-sf landmark project. The green design has 10 rooftop turbines. Print Top Stories

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • SL Green Closes 1250 Broadway Sale • Tarragon Rental Sells for More Than $116M • Green Park Sets $150M Goal for Loan Portfolio • Newport News Retail Trades for $80M • Major Requirements Give Boost to Suburbs • NPR Buys 174,058-SF NoMa Office • Construction To Begin on Green Residence • Economic Development Gets Boost in DC • Union City Gets First Residential High Rise • Redeveloper Named for Riverfront Tract	Southwest     Print Full Region • Hines Redesigns Resort; $100M Hotel Leads Way • SunCor To Plant 22-Year Hold With 18M-SF MXD • Granite Plans 500,000 SF for New Land Purchases • Trademark Adds Partners for $105M High Street • Prime Finalizes Deal for 485,000-SF Outlet • 22-Acre, Off-Market Deal Fuels 336-Unit Project • Low Vacancies Spur 303,000-SF Three Eldridge • Vista Property Lays Out Plans for Retail Buys • 1,036-Room Grand Hotel Hits Block • Pru's Chase Tower Lease Completes CBD Shuffle
Midwest     Print Full Region • Integrated Plans $120M Multifamily Rehab • J-4 and JL Burke Plan $80M MXD Resort Hotel • Next, Carroll Plan 457,000-SF Retail Center • Wells REIT Two Buys Full, 230,000-SF Office • Coloplast Breaks Ground on $40M New US HQ • Owner Seeks 261,457-SF Office Sale for $31M • City Center Buys 316,375-SF MXD for $27M • Cousins Signs More Tenants to $60M Center • Seagulls Buys 52,000-SF Center for $14M • DRI Plans Headquarters Move to 55 W. Monroe	West Coast     Print Full Region • High-Rise Condo Project Shuts Down • Pacific Retail Capital Launches With $200M • Shea Plans First Legacy Park Hotels • Purchase Deadline Nears for 27-Acre Strip Sale • HRJ Closes Fund With $155M of Equity • Fowler Ties Up 43-Acre Aviza Headquarters • PREI, Martin Group Plan Valley Office Projects • Owner Testing Commercial Condo Market • Camera Firm Buys 32,000 SF in Expansion • CBRE Garners EPA Energy Star Status
Southeast     Print Full Region • IDI Readies $120M, 3M-SF Distribution Center • Carter Fund Takes Deed to 137,818-SF Asset • Bascom Adds to Atlanta Stable With 236-Unit Buy • BH Properties Buys 64,337-SF Perimeter II • EastGroup Continues NC Spree With $42M Buy • 32,000-SF Barnes Mill Crossing Starts To Rise • Wheeler Sells 171,049-SF Building for $3M	Around The Globe     Print Full Region • Six Flags To Open at Dubailand Theme Park • Two Russian Shopping Centers Trade for $109M • $50M Nicaragua Beach Resort Breaks Ground • MXD 54,000-SF Development Gets Approval
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