SKOKIE, IL-The 48-asset EDT, formerly known as Macquarie DDR Trust, was delisted from the Australian Stock Exchange today following the takeover by locally based EPN Holdings.

TOKYO-The Beverly Hills, CA-based firm refinanced part of its multifamily portfolio here for $63.8 million with Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ Bank. This is the second refinance arranged this year.

CHICAGO-The retail trust is creating another REIT, Rouse Properties Inc., to hold 21.1 million square feet of its class B centers, about 87.7% leased.

MINNEAPOLIS-The region lost almost five million square feet of leases in 2009-10 across all property types, so this reversal is most welcome, according to the firm’s first-half 2011 report.

NORTHBROOK, IL-Los Angeles-based Westwood is continuing its shopping center-anchored acquisitions with the purchase of Sanders Court here, dominated by a Dominick’s.

CINCINNATI-Former ProLogis manager David Kelly jumps over to the service provider side following the merger with San Francisco-based AMB Property.

KANSAS CITY, MO-The 350,000-square-foot building will serve as a national distribution center. The atypical, 800-acre intermodal is located at the Kansas City International Airport.

CHICAGO-The renamed Aston/Harrison Real Estate Fund invests in mostly retail REITs such as Simon Property Group and Boston Properties.