Prospect Heights Historic District created, Joan Rivers selling two homes … and more

1. Landmarks commission establishes Prospect Heights Historic District [Brownstoner] and [NYT]
2. Consulate General of Japan renews lease at 299 Park Avenue [Crain’s]
3. Village Voice looks at the “world’s least persuasive apartment-share ad reply” [Village Voice]
4. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes may have bought townhouse at 42 West 12th Street [Village Voice via Curbed]
5. Joan Rivers selling her Upper East Side duplex and Connecticut home [Cityfile]
6. Price of Bob Weinstein’s Beresford penthouse cut to $29.75 million from $34 million [NYO]
7. Tavern on the Green owners asking customers for help getting its lease renewed [NYT]
8. How restructuring firms are trying to salvage what’s left of Lehman Brothers [Crain’s]
9. Foreclosure-starts for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac mortgages increase [Inman]
10. Claremont Preparatory high school negotiating for 200,000 square feet at 25 Broadway [NYO]
11. WNYC tours the extension of the subway 7 line under construction [WNYC]