Holiday Inn to complete $1B chainwide upgrade this month … and more

1. Holiday Inn to complete $1 billion chainwide upgrade this month [WSJ]
2. Canal Park Playhouse reopens after renovations [Downtown Express]
3. South Slope catching up with its more happening northern counterpart [WSJ]

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4. New state buyer and seller disclosure forms to take effect in the new year [Newsday]
5. Inside Julian Assange’s “underground lair” in Stockholm, where he stores his secret cables and a collection of designer furniture [Post]
6. Imam behind Lower Manhattan Islamic center wants more facilities nationally, internationally [Post]
7. And, he’s just launched a website to get out the word about the “Cordoba Movement” [Downtown Express]
8. A look back at the New York City real estate stories that made a splash in 2010 [HuffPo]

9. Small reverse mortgage originators mull mergers to stay afloat [Reverse Mortgage Daily]
10. New LES restaurant Beauty & Essex opens this weekend [NYT]