Silver takes on Ratner … and more

1. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver asks Bruce Ratner when his 75-story Beekman Tower at 8 Spruce Street will be done [Downtown Express via NYO]
2. Bidding begins for Starrett City [Crain’s]
3. How inventory rises and falls by season [Curbed]
4. A primer on Moynihan Station’s funding crunch [NYO]
5. United American Land plans a glassy 600,000 square foot retail development on Downtown Brooklyn’s Fulton Street [Brownstoner]
6. City tries to stem foreclosure crisis [Gotham Gazette]
7. Secrets of Grand Central Terminal revealed [Gothamist]
8. Rezoning could come too late for Williamsburg’s Grand Street [Brooklyn Paper]