Commercial developers try their hand at apartments, architect’s penthouse asks $19M … and more


Architect’s apartment at 144 Duane Street

1. Office, mall developers dabble in apartment developments [WSJ]

2. Despite blackmail claims, questions still remain about Rabbi Pinto
[Forward]

3. Lehman should be dancing in the streets over Archstone deal, Barclays says

[WSJ]

4. Architect’s sprawling Duane Street penthouse hits market for $19M
[Curbed]

5. “Zombie landlords” still plaguing housing market, Templeton Advisors head says
[NYT]

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6. Non-profit arts organization to become permanent fixture at 110 Livingston Street
[WSJ]

7. Why Cornell’s campus should be built in the projects
[NYDN]

8. Louboutin slated to open men’s store in NYC
[WWD]

9. Carroll Gardens Finger Building going rental
[Brownstoner]

10. Two NYC roll-up cigarette stores to shut [NYT]

11. Newly initiated foreclosures jumped in third quarter: Comptroller of Currency
[WSJ]