1. Noven Pharmaceuticals ditching its Chrysler Building lease for 25,346 square feet in the Empire State Building [Post, 2nd item]
2. Profits on the rise at home improvement retailer Home Depot [Bloomberg]
3. Bill Rudin says a 180,000-square-foot lease for 345 Park Avenue in the pipeline [Post, 3rd item]
4. Department of Buildings taking a tougher approach toward balcony safety in wake of Murray Hill falling death [NYDN]
5. Software company Adobe moving into CBRE’s 1540 Broadway [Post, 4th item]
6. Department of Education plan to move Clinton School for Writers and Artists to the East Village draws widespread criticism [NYT]
7. Park advocates riled over Paterson’s unveiling of pricey Chelsea park renovation in wake of statewide park closures [NYDN]
8. Liberty Island to stay open during the evening this summer [NYT]
9. After storms ravaged Rockaway beachfront, pols and local advocates hussle to repair shoreline in time for summer [NYDN]
10. East Harlem’s Museum of Catholic Art and History shutters amid fiscal woes [NYT]
11. Brokers weigh in on the art of selling an apartment in a poor location [NYT]
