Scarlett Johansson checks out $4M UES penthouse, golden real estate era under Bloomberg not that golden … and more

1. Building industry was actually in decline under Mayor Bloomberg [Next City]
2. Scarlett Johansson looking at $4 million Upper East Side penthouse [NYP]
3. Comcast to buy Time Warner Cable for $45 billion [WashPo]
4. U.S. retail sales drop by 0.4 percent month-over-month in January [Business Insider]
5. NYC-based Olympic Property Partners buys iconic First National Bank tower in Dallas [Dallas Morning News]
6. Westchester County, N.Y., council rejects country club demolition for 121-unit condo project [Westfair Business Publications]

— Mark Maurer