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This Week’s Top Watch List Stories

REITs’ Wallets To Remain Wide Open in 2014.
Property spending projections significantly outpace projected dispositions by biggest publicly traded property owners; we highlight 9 REITs spending budgets.

U.S. Equity REITs to Endure First Real Interest Rate Test.
Hotel, self-storage and multifamily REITs should be able to absorb a spike. In contrast, suburban office, strip centers, CBD offices, malls, health care facilities and triple-net lease REITs have less flexibility.

Tranzon Fox: Bankruptcy Auction – 16.01+/- Commercial Acreage.
Bankruptcy auction of 16.01+/- O&I-CU-zoned acres in Cary, NC.

Fannie and Freddie Forecast Another Strong Year for Multifamily.
However, moderation in rent growth starting to set in and a handful of markets may be past their peak.

CoStar Group To Add Leading Online Multifamily Marketplace with Acquisition of Apartments.com.
Other CoStar marketplaces target select niche markets. LandsofAmerica and LandAndFarm provide a marketplace for rural land and farm properties. BizBuySell and BizQuest are the leading marketplaces for small businesses for sale.

High Energy Boom Apartment Rents in ND Not Sustainable.
Energy-related employment in western North Dakota is likely to peak around 2020 and then decline.

Fine & Co: Auction – Double Net Leased Single Tenant Property.
Publicly traded global tenant (Schneider Electric).

Giving More Stores Back: Radio Shack Will Close Up to 1,100 Locations.
Stringent loan covenants need to break or renegotiate leases add obstacles to retailer’s turnaround.

No Store Closures Planned as Albertsons Prepares To Buy Safeway.
Spending cuts are going to have to come from somewhere though.

Auction.com: 65 Retail Properties and Notes going to Auction in Late March.
Among the largest properties are: A 76,072 SF retail building in Los Angeles; One two-story retail building totaling 89,201 RSF in Burbank; and a 232,455 SF retail power center in North Richland Hills, TX.

Stage Stores To Sell its Steele’s Off-Price Division to Hilco.
A firm which up until now has been primarily involved in monetization of retail and industrial property assets buys it first operating retail chain.

Darden Opts Not To Spin Off Its Real Estate.
But the company said it will be aggressive in managing costs.

CoStar Top Big Deal Headlines

SL Green Boosts East Coast Holdings, Sells West Coast Portfolio.
As part of the deals, Citi renews 2.6 million square feet in Manhattan leases through 2035.

PREIT To Acquire Springfield Town Center for $465 Million.
Vornado will record a non-cash impairment loss of $20 million on its sale.

LaSalle Picked for Alaskan State Fund Drive into UK Property.
The fund will seek investments between $85 million and $250 million.

Mark Heschmeyer, Senior News Editor
CoStar Realty Information, Inc. 1331 L Street, NW Washington, DC, 20005, USA
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