Manhattan developer tries to rescue escort but gets conned, Zell and Buffett predict real estate rebound in 2011 … and more

1. Bloomberg: Years later, no one will remember WTC delays [Post]
2. Contractors see uptick in home renovation projects [NYT]

3. After 136 years, Midtown’s Saint Michael Academy will shutter [NYDN]
4. Manhattan developer Robert Brot tries to rescue escort rebel, gets conned [Post]
5. New Chelsea rental Ohm off to a melodic start [NYT]

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6. Zell, Buffett predict 2011 real estate rebound [Property Wire]
7. Nolita resists transformation [NYT]

8. Michael C. Hall’s new movie searching for East Village apartment to film [Post]
9. Westchester’s Dobbs Ferry luring former city-dwellers [NYDN]
10. With office-condo conversion, East Orange, N.J. on its way to revitalization [NYT]
11. Kenmare now open full-time [Post]
12. Fed now owns more than 10 percent of outstanding U.S. residential mortgage debt [Business Insider]