Macklowe holds out hope … and more

1. Harry Macklowe looks for an equity partner that will let him keep control of the General Motors Building [Post, final item]
2. Federal safety regulators charge contractors who were dismantling the former Deutsche Bank tower with serious safety hazards that that led to a fatal fire there [NYT]
3. The Port Authority finished its excavation of the World Trade Center site after incurring $14.4 million in late fees [NYT]
4. U.S. housing starts near the lowest level since 1991 in January [Bloomberg]
5. City will issue almost 25,000 homeowners with notices threatening liens on their properties unless they pay water and property-tax bills within three months [Sun]
6. Hotelier Jonathan Tisch, co-owner of the New York Giants, reflects on time as chairman of city’s NYC & Company [NYO]
7. Young East Village bar owner fights for liquor license [NYO]
8. Public review of massive Willets Point redevelopment to begin next week [NYO]
9. SurroundArt hires Steven Kratchman Architect PC for new green Museum Resource Campus at the Brooklyn Navy Yard [GlobeSt.]
10. Yale University plans two new residential colleges that will cost $600 million [Sun]
11. Who will pay a record $64 million for the Henry T. Sloane Mansion on East 68th Street? [NYDN]