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	Top Stories for the Week of March 17, 2008	Print Full Issue
	Click Here For Regional Coverage Fed To Inject $200B Into Credit Markets WASHINGTON, DC-The Fed is expanding its securities lending program to primary dealers by 28 days by a pledge of other securities. Shinsei Bank Sells HQ to Fujisawa for $1.5B TOKYO-The local company is selling its headquarters to a Morgan Stanley entity as it looks for a new base of operations. Apollo Deploying $1.4B From Third Fund Raise LONDON-The fund officially is closed. The leveraged play sets up $1.4 billion to buy and develop in the UK and Western, Central and Eastern Europe. Icon's $1B MXD Strategy To Create New District DALLAS-Icon says the 3.7-million-sf Icon Midtown will emerge with its own identity, much like L.A.'s Grove and Dallas' Uptown and Downtown. Anchor talks are in final stages. $1B Library Expansion Plan Includes New 'Hubs' NEW YORK CITY-The plan will take at least five years to realize. With the Fifth Avenue library reconfiguring, the New York Public Library plans to sell the Mid-Manhattan Library next year. Jergler Takes Helm of Real Estate Southern California LOS ANGELES-Don Jergler, a seasoned business reporter in the L.A. area, comes aboard as Real Estate Media pursues integration of print and online content. BMW Pencils 1M-SF, $750M Plant Expansion SPARTANBURG, SC-The luxury carmaker is planning to construct a 1.2-million-sf assembly facility and expand the existing paint shop by 300,000 sf. Harrah’s Bowing Out of Bahamas Deal LAS VEGAS-Harrah’s Entertainment says it has killed a partnership with Baha Mar Resorts to create the Caribbean’s largest single-phase destination in the Bahamas. Reverse Merger Taking Ultimate Sports Public LAS VEGAS-American Southwest Music Distribution plans to acquire and assume the name of the would-be developer of a multi-billion sports entertainment complex in North Las Vegas. Silverstein: WTC Still on Track for 2012 Finish NEW YORK CITY-Larry Silverstein is sticking to his 2012 completion date for the Freedom Tower and the site’s other office buildings. Print Top Stories

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Law Signing Spurs Start of $300M Trump Tower • New Brunswick Plans $275M, 34-Story Tower • Mayor: More Than 30 Developers Talking to GM • Vornado Completes $260M Multifamily Refinancing • Legoland Coming to Meadowlands Xanadu • Construction To Begin on $80M-Plus Power Center • Flushing Package To Fetch $50M • $39M Loan Funds NYC Property Acquisitions • 572,000-SF W/D Center Gets Approvals • Rugby Takes $10M Slice of Canton	Southwest     Print Full Region • Devon Energy Plans $350M Downtown HQ Project • Multifamily Hunt Starts for 468-Acre MXD Plan • Wentworth-Led JV Eyes 2M SF Plus of Industrial • Sealy's $150M-Plus Plan Ready to Get Under Way • $100M Home Town Project In Works for 46 Acres • JLL Sets Up New Group for Trading Floor Deals • Mitsubishi Closes In on 409,889-SF Trophy Buy • 24-Mile Streetscape Plan Clears One More Hurdle • GE Real Estate's $45M Backing 498-Unit Deal • Tanger Planning 50-Acre Upscale Urban Outlet • Houston's Port Authority Adds Legislative Vet
Midwest     Print Full Region • Pine Tree, Inland To Open 275,000-SF Center • Village Starting Over With 320-Acre MXD Use • Sage Opens Blackstone After $128M Restoration • Higgins To Create $100M Industrial Park • Casino Funds, Indirectly, 8M-SF Park Plan • Village Seeks to Auction, Rehab 57 Acres • Etkin, Forest City in Ground for 441,000 SF • Jacobson Takes 320,000 SF for Logistics Space • Meritex Leases Up Site, Plans 50-Acre Park • Travel Group Leases 50,000 SF for New HQ	West Coast     Print Full Region • JV Assembles 110 Acres on ‘South Strip’ • General Growth Expands Center by 300,000 SF • $116M Funds Crossing Apartment, Condo Project • Irvine Co. Debuts Enclave Apartments • Alameda OKs $75M Land Sale for MXD Project • $31M Caltech Center Goes Green • $24M Office Deals Include Condo Conversion • Monster Cable Leases 230,000-SF Warehouse
Southeast     Print Full Region • Crescent, Manulife Begin $175M Phipps Tower • GID Acquires 648,156-SF Greylyn Business Park • Duke Adds 789,000 SF to Industrial Portfolio • Port Builds Push Hillwood’s 610,000-SF Spec Plan • Retail Rents Start to Creep Upward in Central FL • Anderson To Lead SVN Florida Expansion • New Firm Targets Midtown Residential	Around The Globe     Print Full Region • IHG Wants 2,000 Rooms in Moscow by 2010 • JLL Says Europe Down but Still Strong • First Industrial Nabs 61 Acres Near Toronto
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