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         <title>$200M MXD in AZ Breaks Ground</title>
         <description>CHANDLER, AZ-Ground breaks on Chandler Echelon's phase one, a class A office building with a $25-million construction tab. Two hotels and retail pads are close behind.</description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:03:34 CST</pubDate>
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         <title>161,011-SF Center's Redo Earns Five More Leases</title>
         <description>HOUSTON-Greenstreet Real Estate Partners begins phase two of a $1-million overhaul at Copperfield Village. New deals close off 43,095 sf for long-time tenants and newcomers.</description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:03:33 CST</pubDate>
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         <title>Westcor Master Planning 12,000 Acres for State</title>
         <description>TUCSON-The plan will create a mini-city within the city. Westcor will pay more than $1 million for planning rights with no assurance of getting any land.</description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:03:33 CST</pubDate>
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         <title>AZ To Auction Lease Rights to 112 Acres</title>
         <description>PHOENIX-The Arizona Land Department is offering a 99-year ground lease for land valued at $32 million. The mixed-use build-out could  have one million sf of retail.</description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:03:33 CST</pubDate>
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         <title>TradeCor Buys More Land in Emerging Retail Area</title>
         <description>GOODYEAR, AZ-Within two weeks of closing one land deal, the developer picks up another 14.66 acres at the same corner for $12.5 million.</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 04:03:25 CST</pubDate>
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         <title>Pier 1 Inches Toward Profitability</title>
         <description>FORT WORTH, TX-The company loses $10 million during the third quarter, down from $72.7 million in the same year-ago period.</description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:03:20 CST</pubDate>
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         <title>Goldberg Jumps From Children&#146;s Place to Zale</title>
         <description>DALLAS-Both companies hit one-year lows in sales and stock price this month.</description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:03:20 CST</pubDate>
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         <title>Retail Brokers Sets Up Shop in Houston Area</title>
         <description>HOUSTON-The Scottsdale, AZ-based company opens an office in the Galleria to oversee existing holdings and bag new ones for the portfolio.</description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:03:19 CST</pubDate>
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         <title>Dave &amp; Buster's Inks Store Deals</title>
         <description>DALLAS-The restaurant and entertainment complex operator signs four deals for stores in 2008 and letters of intent for new locations in 2009.</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:03:18 CST</pubDate>
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         <title>40,310-SF Retail Piece Trades for $192 Per SF</title>
         <description>PHOENIX-Highland Development sells two buildings to Sun Life Financial as it marks the second year of a 375,000-sf redevelopment of periphery retail at Metrocenter Mall.</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:03:18 CST</pubDate>
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         <title>35 Acres of Retail In Works for Far North</title>
         <description>SPRING, TX-The West Rayford Road extension and another 16,000 single-family lots prompt two Woodlands' developers to make plans for three retail projects.</description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:03:16 CST</pubDate>
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         <title>TradeCor Snags 14 Acres for MXD Development</title>
         <description>GOODYEAR, AZ-The developer will do some vertical work plus ready the dirt for resale and ground leases for hotel, restaurant and retail projects.</description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:03:16 CST</pubDate>
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         <title>Bourn Plans 1M-SF Destination Retail Site</title>
         <description>GEORGETOWN, TX-The Tucson-based developer hopes to build 800,000 sf to one million sf at the 350-acre Longhorn Junction mixed-use project.</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:03:11 CST</pubDate>
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         <title>$30M New Urbanist Project Breaks Ground</title>
         <description>DESOTO, TX-The pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use development is going up on a former shopping center parking lot, with completion targeted for spring 2009.</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:03:11 CST</pubDate>
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         <title>CompUSA Acquired, Stores Closing</title>
         <description>DALLAS-DJM Realty is disposing of the 103 stores that are to close, and negotiations have already started for unit sales.</description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:03:09 CST</pubDate>
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         <title>Panel: Population Growth Spurs Green Building</title>
         <description>PHOENIX-Society is pushing for environmentally-friendly projects, and the globe&#146;s population growth demands them, ICSC speakers say.</description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:03:06 CST</pubDate>
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         <title>Diversified Prepares for 214,400-SF Mesa Ranch</title>
         <description>MESA, AZ-The Scottsdale developer plans a spring 2008 construction launch on the $35 million project, which already has Pro's Ranch Market and La Curacao as tenants.</description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:03:06 CST</pubDate>
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         <title>Glimcher Ventures Plans $100M, 52-Acre MXD </title>
         <description>MESA, AZ-Work starts in the spring on Baseline Marketplace. The office component's not firmed up, but the rest will be 175,000 sf of retail and 400 or more multifamily units.</description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:03:05 CST</pubDate>
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         <title>Globalization Impacts Retail Industry</title>
         <description>PHOENIX-Growth in foreign countries, especially China and India, will have a long-term impact on the industry overall, ICSC speakers say.</description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:03:05 CST</pubDate>
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         <title>Community Center Plan Backs $8M Land Play</title>
         <description>GOODYEAR, AZ-Diversified Partners and Desert Troon will start work next fall on the 14.4-acre Cotton Flower Marketplace. LA Fitness and CVS/Pharmacy have dibs on pad sites.</description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:03:03 CST</pubDate>
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