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A blueprint of the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park soccer stadium

Both Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Major League Soccer have taken a step back from previously announced plans to bring a soccer stadium to Queens’ Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Capital New York reported.

“”I think that’s a wonderful place for it, but it’s not the only place,” Bloomberg said during a press conference at the Museum of the Moving Image. “And I’m sure they’re going to continue to look and listen, and I just want to make sure that we do get a venue.” [more]

From left: A rendering of the World Trade Center retail space and a Firehouse Subs store in Stockbridge, GA

A 19-year-old Florida sandwich chain is on a national expansion drive and plans to open 60 stores in New York City over the next 10 years, potentially including one at the under-construction retail mall at the World Trade Center. [more]

5Pointz in Long Island City

Walmart still space-shopping in NYC. Waypoint becomes fifth single-family rental landlord to file in the last year with IPO plans. Community board to address controversial condo plans at Long Island City’s 5Pointz. A day in the life of: MDLNY’s Ryan Serhant. Dinosaur BBQ set to open Gowanus branch. Read these stories and more after the jump.

Top stories yesterday on The Real Deal:
1. Shvo resurfaces as High Line developer 
2. ICSC guests work hard, play harder: PHOTOS 
3. Construction to start on hotel conversion of Jarmulowsky Bank 

From left: Chase Welles of SCG Retail, Chris Pine of General Growth Properties

Watch this space for live updates from the 2013 International Council of Shopping Centers’ RECon event in Las Vegas, on now through Wednesday. [more]

Jeffrey Kaplan of Meadow Partners and 42-15 Crescent Street

Meadow Partners, an investment fund based in Midtown, has nabbed a $30 million senior loan for the conversion and recapitalization of 42-15 Crescent Street in Long Island City, GlobeSt reported. The nine-story property — formerly an office and retail building — will turn into a 124-unit, 10-story multi-family development with retail. [more]

Damrosch Park

UPDATED, 6:50 p.m., May 21: Area residents have sued Lincoln Center and the city in an effort to halt the transfer of Damrosch Park, a nearby green space, to the venerable performing arts venue for commercial use, according to a release from the watchdog group NYC Park Advocates. The suit, in part, aims to restore the municipally owned park on West 62nd Street for public use. [more]

Kips Bay Decorator Show House at 161 East 64th Street (Credit: Sotheby’s)

Kips Bay showhouse at 161 East 64th Street lists for $16 million. Sandy-ravaged Nathan’s Famous in Coney Island is open for business. Cafe Wha? building in Greenwich Village on market for $11.5 million. City proposes making Fourth Avenue in Park Slope more pedestrian friendly. Three Bushwick buildings vie for landmark status. Read these stories and more after the jump.

Kevin Salmon

From the May issue: Kevin Salmon, formerly of the commercial brokerage Salmon & Marshall, has launched his own Manhattan company, Khizer Salmon Real Estate Professionals. The new firm will focus on retail condo and multi-family building sales in New York City and the tri-state area.

Khizer Salmon has set up shop in a 1,000-square-foot space at 505 Park Avenue, where Salmon works with two other agents and a marketer. [more]

Paul Massey and Bob Knakal of Massey Knakal

Industry movers and shakers were out in force at several parties Sunday and Monday nights for the International Council of Shopping Centers’ annual ReCon event in Las Vegas. See full story and photos after the jump.