Boerum Hill brownstone asks $7.9M, Frank Gehry to design Facebook’s 770 Broadway digs … and more

1. Once-neglected 6,500-square-foot Boerum Hill brownstone asks $7.9 million [Curbed]
2. Frank Gehry tapped to design Facebook’s new 770 Broadway office [Gawker]
3. Take a peek at 19-story mixed-use project at 172-174 Montague in Brooklyn Heights [BuzzBuzzHome]
4. Clothing store Brooklyn Planet Academy opens flagship near Barclays Center [Brownstoner]
5. Jamestown Properties COO Michael Phillips has plans for Brooklyn eateries [NYO]
6. Twelve-story residential tower to replace demolished Post Office in Astoria [Brownstoner]
7. Two publicly traded apartment owners in southwestern U.S. to merge in $2B deal [WSJ]
8. DOB issues permits for State Renaissance Townhouse lot in Boerum Hill [Brownstoner]
9. Private equity firms fueling rise in housing prices [NYT]
10. Nonprofit brings opera to a Williamsburg loft [WSJ]
11. What’s behind the recent spate of $1B-plus Manhattan office tower sales? [WSJ]