1. City takeover of Battery Park City seems less likely [Constant Contact]
2. Celebrity stylist could lose Times Square office for owing money on tax bill [NYO]
3. How are foreclosures affecting children? [Washington Post]
4. Bankruptcy judge allows owner of Lipstick Building to use cash collateral [Crain’s]
5. Remodeled Dior boutique will open on 57th Street Dec. 9 [Madison Avenue Spy]
6. More than half of U.S. entrepreneurs work out of their home [WSJ]
7. Trinity Real Estate hires Marc Packman of Cushman & Wakefield to take over leasing of Manhattan portfolio [Crain’s]
8. City health department shuts down Taste of Hawthorne restaurant [Brooklyn Paper]
9. How to use your rental home to make extra money [Rented Spaces]
10. Shadow inventory of unlisted bank-owned homes rises [WSJ]
11. New York Central restaurant opens at Grand Hyatt at Grand Central [Hotel Chatter]
12. Transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan is on a crusade to promote biking in the city [Crain’s]