Ikea looms … and more

1. Red Hook’s Ikea finally has an opening date: June 18 [Racked]
2. Friends of the High Line is working to convince the city it will profit if the Tishman Speyer preserves the entire elevated railway [NYO]
3. Lobby about to open at One Bryant Park [Curbed]
4. Gowanus Canal Conservancy unveils rendering of “Sponge Park,”
proposed esplanade along the Gowanus canal [Brownstoner]
5. The Army National Guard holds its first consulting meeting on transferring the Admiral’s Row houses to the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation [Brownstoner]