Macklowe says 510 Madison is on track, Copper Building in East Village taking shape … and more

1. Macklowe says 510 Madison Avenue is on track for completion, despite fire [GlobeSt]
2. Renderings of the World Trade Center site memorial museum [NYT]
3. New building design revealed for 27 Wooster Street [Curbed]
4. Copper Building on Avenue B taking shape [Curbed]
5. Former Port Authority director Anthony Shorris becoming NYU professor [NYO]
6. Rendering of the Grand Street Hotel, on the former site of the
Moondance Diner, revealed [Curbed], while the Moondance Diner has
reopened in Wyoming [AP via Crain’s]
7. After a partial stop-work order, 236 Livingston Street rising [Brownstoner]
8. Bronx’s Water Street Realty Group files for bankruptcy [Bloomberg]
9. New York Jets doctor selling home in Roslyn Harbor for around $3 million [Newsday]
10. A look at the Fort Greene neighborhood in Brooklyn [Post]
11. Investment firm Beacon Trust Co. to open first Manhattan office at 307 Fifth Avenue [Crain’s]
12. Rumor says that 25 percent of the apartments in Trump Place are vacant [Curbed, 2nd item]
13. Some Brooklyn residents want an affordable housing ownership option [NAG]
14. New Jersey loan officer pleads guilty to wire fraud and money laundering in property flipping scheme [Mortgage Fraud Blog]
15. House bill could loosen mortgage modification provisions [CNN Money]
16. Stock analyst Robert Prechter advises closing short positions on stocks  [Bloomberg]
17. Hotel real estate legend Greg Dillon dies [National Real Estate Investor]
18. Carlton launches $300 million first mortgage fund [National Real Estate Investor]