What Whole Foods means for gritty Gowanus, Astoria development site trades for $8M … and more

1. What Whole Foods’ arrival could mean for gritty Gowanus [WSJ]
2. Queens developer buys Astoria lot at 37-21 32nd Street for $8.1 million [Brownstoner Queens]
3. Net home equity is now less than 13 percent of household wealth [WSJ]
4. Completed foreclosures drop by 30 percent in the U.S. year-over-year [Housing Wire]
5. Seven-story apartment building heading to 30-40 21st Street in Astoria [Brownstoner Queens]
6. The Fairmont hotel in San Francisco has a 22-foot-tall gingerbread house [Curbed]

— Mark Maurer