1. A crane reportedly collapses at site of Jack Parker Corp. rental project at West, Watts and Desbrosses streets in Tribeca; no injuries were reported [Curbed]
2. Estate of Leona Helmsley lists her Greenwich, Conn., mansion for an eye-popping $125 million [WSJ]
3. New York City’s political candidates cash in on donations from real estate industry [NYT]
4. Homeowners struggling to sell their properties try to swap them instead [WSJ]
4. Foreign investors still love New York real estate [CoStar]
5. How one small law firm helped Wall Street turn subprime mortgages into investments that went bad [NYT]
6. The Fed’s interest rate cuts might not be such a boon for mortgage rates after all [Inman]
7. Goldman Sachs issues favorable review of Boston Properties performance in 2007 [REW]
8. Minor league baseball stadium left out of Xanadu Meadowlands plans [Star-Ledger]
9. More details emerge on Harry Macklowe’s tentative deal with Deutsche Bank over seven Manhattan buildings [Reuters]