St. Mary’s Hospital for Children preps for $114M expansion … and more

1. St. Mary’s Hospital for Children in Queens preps for $114M expansion [Crain’s] 

2. Woman who paid $500,000 for two-week Hamptons rental is chased by suitors [Post] 

3. Department of Housing and Urban Development to investigate lending practices [NYT] 

4. Ennio & Michael restaurant in West Village likely to close by Fall [NYT] 

5. Designer clothing store Lanvin to open first New York location [WWD] 

6. Lady Gaga spotted house-hunting at West Village condo at One Morton Square [Post, 1st item] 

7. Gansevoort Park Avenue hotel slated to open Aug. 2 [Hotel Chatter] 

8. The Douglass condo in Harlem receives TCO [Harlem Bespoke] 

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9. Starwood Hotels & Resorts’ net income falls 15 percent in Q2 [AP via News Tribune] 

10. HuffPo editor Arianna Huffington buying NYC home [Gawker] 

11. Developer Aby Rosen’s RFR Holdings digs up cemetery while building $600M hotel in Israel [NYDN] 

12. Setai Fifth Avenue‘s Italian restaurant named Ai Fiori, to open in Fall [NYT via Grub Street] 

13. Family-owned Tin City drugstore to open in Bed-Stuy on Sunday [Racked] 

14. Former Marx Brothers’ residence on UES denied landmark designation [Curbed] 

15. Fastest growing national retailers maintain expansion targets: RBC Capital [Retail Traffic]