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         <title><![CDATA[Brandywine Lures Feldman Mall President]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[RADNOR, PA-Feldman Mall Properties says its CFO/president Thomas Wirth tendered his resignation effective next month in order to join Brandywine Realty Trust.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1541_1541/philadelphia/182264-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Another Buyer for Capmark?]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-There are buyers out there other than Warren Buffett. Also, will the luxury development 10 Rittenhouse Square work out?]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1540_1540/philadelphia/182233-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Urban Outfitters Renews Expansion Efforts]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-The company will return to its historic expansion levels next year after a record-breaking quarter.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1538_1538/philadelphia/182184-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[PREIT Fundamentals Dip on $10M Loss]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-But the mall and shopping center owner is actively pursuing non-traditional tenants to keep occupancy at favorable rates.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1527_1527/philadelphia/181900-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Liberty Property Trust Considers Acquisitions]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[MALVERN, PA-But CEO Bill Hankowsky expects that the market will continue to have problems through next year.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1526_1526/philadelphia/181858-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Capmark Files for Bankruptcy ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[HORSHAM, PA-After filing a $1.6-billion Q2 loss, the firm will seek bankruptcy protection. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1524_1524/philadelphia/181819-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Will Citibank Fold in Philly?]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-The future is uncertain for Citi's local bank branches after the company announced it is exiting some markets.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Levin Properties, Partner Buy $22M Center]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-Levin Management Corp. arranged the acquisition of Morrell Plaza for the firm that shares its name and is part owner of the leasing and management outfit.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1518_1518/philadelphia/181646-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[WP Realty Begins Round Five With $115M]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-The Bryn Mawr-based company invests in Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern US shopping centers it believes will produce a 20%-plus net IRR to investors over a five-year hold.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1517_1517/philadelphia/181610-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[BPG Properties Lays Off 10% of Corporate Staff]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-The locally based private equity real estate fund manager majority tells GlobeSt.com that most of the eliminated positions were construction-related.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1512_1512/philadelphia/181523-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Main Line Health Inks $23M Lease Deal]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[RADNOR, PA-The non-profit health system serving portions of Philadelphia and its western suburbs leases a 100,500-square-foot building at Keystone Executive Center.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1512_1512/philadelphia/181471-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Most Financial Reforms Won't Pass, Aren't Needed]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-Few of the current proposals out there in response to the economic collapse will actually pass &#151; and those that do won't have a huge impact, panel says.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1506_1506/philadelphia/181311-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Rite Aid Negotiates Rent Cuts ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[CAMP HILL, PA-The drugstore chain achieves reductions on 20% of its weakest stores, or 465 units.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1503_1503/philadelphia/181237-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Fameco Starts Distressed Retail Service]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA-Fameco will assist owners of distressed retail assets in the Mid-Atlantic in improving valuation.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1499_1499/philadelphia/181126-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Capmark To Choose Bankruptcy Over Firesale?]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-Capmark&#146;s debtors need to agree to release the servicing division, and getting everyone to play nice may prove to be quite an uphill battle.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1496_1496/philadelphia/181032-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Challenge: How to Market an Auto-Supplier Plant]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[LANDSDALE, PA-BPG Properties is hoping it can sell an auto-parts manufacturing plant to a different kind of firm.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Pep Boys 2010 Expansion Doubles This Year's]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-The retailer is planning to open between 20 and 40 new stores next year, up from 15 in the current fiscal period.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1492_1492/philadelphia/180922-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Buffet, Others Bet $490M on Capmark]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[HORSHAM, PA-But the firm posted a $1.6-billion loss and could file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1488_1488/philadelphia/180833-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Board Votes to Keep Foxwoods on River ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-The state Gaming Control Board conditions its allowance of more time to build the slots parlor on it being built along the Delaware River in South Philadelphia.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[OrthopaediCare Buys Six-Acre Pad Site]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-The company pays $3.2 million for the site, which sits within BPG Properties Ltd.&#146;s New Britain Corporate Center, a 62-acre master planned office campus.]]></description>
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