Brooklyn goes shopping … and more

1. Urban Outfitters and Target open new stores in Brooklyn [NYDN]
2. Proposal by Congressman Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, would expand effort to refinance subprime mortgages with loans that are guaranteed by the Federal Housing Administration [NYT]
3. Toll Brothers shareholders approve plan that would give bonuses of up to 50 percent to CEO Robert Toll, despite the housing bust [NYT]
4. Brooklyn’s growing self-employed workforce faces higher office rents [NYO]
5. Vornado agreed to concessions to gain approval of Harlem Park tower, which will exceed the area’s new height limits [NYO]
6. The mystery of two abandoned Park Slope buildings [Gowanus Lounge]
7. A look at living in South Slope [AMNY]