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         <title><![CDATA[Improving Assets on a Shoestring Budget]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-Energy-saving initiatives make sense in a cash-strapped environment, and planning with asset managers is key, BOMA speakers say.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Landlord As the Detective ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-In a climate where tenants are filing for bankruptcy and looking to downsize, it&#146;s important for asset owners to get a detailed grip of who is in their spaces.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Landlords Can&#146;t Forget Their Customers]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-To survive in this environment, it&#146;s vital that landlords build strong relationships with their customers--the tenants.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Rite Aid Pushes for Rent Reductions ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[CAMP HILL, PA-Chairman and CEO Mary Sammons also comment&#146;s on President Obama&#146;s health care reform plan.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Cedar Center Gets $17M in Financing]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-The grocery-anchored center gets a fixed-rate loan of 6.75% over five years.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Council, Legislators Fail in SugarHouse Challenge]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-The Supreme Court denies challenges to the casino developer's ability to build on land under the Delaware River. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Is Market Street Getting a Makeover?]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-The vacant 2040 Market St. could get some high-profile tenants if some rumored deals come to fruition.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Comcast Center's Retail Space Fills Up]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-The 45,000-square-foot retail space is largely made up of local businesses.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[PREIT Exec Says Simon Looking at GGP]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-PREIT Chairman Ronald Rubin also sounds off about the health of department-store tenants at REITWeek.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Liberty's Hankowski: Rents Are a 'Battleground']]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[MALVERN, PA-But the REIT is seeing less troubled tenants out there than before, though many firms are consolidating their locations.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Charming Shoppes 'Ferociously' Works on Rent Breaks]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[BENSALEM, PA-The women's plus-sized retailer makes the push as same-store sales decline 13% during the first quarter.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[State&#146;s Biggest Casino Opens for Business]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[BETHLEHEM, PA-The $743-million Sands Casino opens here today with 3,000 slot machines, live entertainment and several dining options.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Religious University Inks 60,000-SF Lease ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-Eastern University takes 60,000 square feet at the former home of the Medical College of Pennsylvania, a 700,000-square-foot facility that has been repositioned as Falls Center by Iron Stone Real Estate.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Dick&#146;s Beats Estimates; Same-Store Sales Fall 6%]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH-Company executives tell analysts they are seeing better rents now that they are looking to open new stores in existing buildings.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Proposed Tallest Building in Philly May Shrink]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-A redesign of the American Commerce Center could mean that the proposed building might not stand taller than the Comcast Center, as originally planned.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Urban Outfitters Q1 Down, Execs Optimistic]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-The apparel retailer turns in a rough first quarter, but management sees the sales environment improving.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Kimco Center Secures $100M Refi]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[ARDMORE, PA-The firm lands the refinancing from M&amp;T Bank in a deal arranged by Cushman &amp; Wakefield Sonnenblick Goldman.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Green Corridor to Rise in Philadelphia]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Area students and local developers collaborate and brain-storm on a sustainable corridor for the City of Brotherly Love.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Urban Outfitters Q1 Comps Fall 10%]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-Its 32 Free People units had the biggest decline, with same-store sales plunging 23%.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Curtis Institute Development Poses Unusual Challenges]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA-Acoustics are one of the biggest hurdles in building the 106,000-square-foot Lenfest Hall living and rehearsal facility.]]></description>
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