It's nice to see a company like Developers Diversifiedturnin a good quarter.Net income came in at $76.8 million, upfrom $29.6 million during the same year-ago period. Plus, the REITwas able to generate some cash by disposing of seven centers for$67.4 million, and shareholders agreedto sell 30 million shares to the German Otto family,pulling in nearly $113 million,Plus, executives revealedthat even though retailers are asking for rent reductions, they'renot honoring those requests at a rapid rate. This really surprisesus: Of the 672 rent-relief requests the firm has gotten,management has only approved 20.But this brings us to anotherfigure. DDR's core portfolio is 90.7% leased, down from 95.6% thesame period last year. If that number continues to rise, are rentreductions inevitable?

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