Indoor park pops up in Nolita, subprime mortgages sink BofA to worst-performing 2011 stock … and more

Park Here, an indoor park in Nolita

1. An indoor park with food vendors pops-up in Nolita
[NYT]
2. After much delay, construction finally begins on $70M indoor track at Ocean Breeze on Staten Island
[SILive]
3. Largely due to subprime mortgages BofA will likely be 2011’s worst performer in Dow Jones Industrial Average
[BusinessWeek]
4. Equity Residential moves to intervene in court proceedings over Lehman’s Archstone bid
[Crain’s]
5. Examining the history of 97-year-old 640 Park Avenue, and its “mansionlike” apartments
[NYT]
6. Unreliable appraisals for commercial properties are responsible for many bank failures during recession
[American Banker]
7. Mortgage rates will inch up, but remain very low through 2012
[NYT]
8. By 2030 U.S. will have 3M gay seniors, but not enough gay senior centers to provide nondiscriminatory care for them
[MSNBC]
9. Inside 307 West 153rd Street — Manhattan’s worst rental building
[NYDN]
10. Danny Meyer’s Flatiron BBQ joint Blue Smoke to open second location Jan. 9 in Battery Park City
[DNAinfo]
11. Once best known for potato farms, North Fork now has a growing number of diverse livestock operations
[NYT]