1. Other than all those 15 Central Park West closings, Manhattan’s last quarter
was less than stellar: the median price of $857,000 was above the prior
quarter’s, but below lower than the summer’s peak [NYT]
2. Properties owned by foreign governments, like the $35
million townhouse recently purchased by Russia, bring in no property taxes
for the city [NYT]
3. Lone holdout stands in path of planned 39-story, $900
million Midtown skyscraper [Post]
4. A Williamsburg public market
on the edge of Williamsburg
could be replaced by housing. [NYT]
5. Almost 20 law firms have set up subprime practices [Crain’s]
6. A prefabricated home arrives in Locust Point on the East Bronx waterfront [NYT]
7. A look at the homes of presidential candidates [WSJ]
8. How the Javits
Center became a $1
billion fixer-upper [Post]
9. Residents evicted from 475 Kent
in South Williamsburg ask city to be allowed
to work there during business hours [Metro]
10. The fight over St. Vincent’s
Hospital continues [AP via Metro]
11. Former real estate agent now works as professional
matchmaker [AMNY]
12. Nassau
County’s Habitat for
Humanity lacks land to develop [Newsday]
13. The struggles of a new pizzeria coping with the construction
of the Second Avenue
subway [NYMag]
14. The Irish return to the north Bronx
neighborhood of Woodlawn [NYT]
15. The debate over where the East Village
begins and ends [NYT]
16. NoMa 175, the six-story tower is at Payson and Seaman Avenues, looks more
like the central Manhattan
than Inwood [NYT]
