$30M listings, commercial deals that fell through … and more

1. $30 million-plus Apartments For Sale On Fifth Avenue [NYO] and [NYO]
2. Brooklyn convent closing after 146 years [NYT]
3. CB Richard Ellis Chairman Bob Alexander talks about the commercial market [NYO]
4. Buyer could create a triplex at 2 East 67th Street for $117 million [NYO]
5. Commercial deals that fell through this year [NYO]
6. Real estate victims of Bernard Madoff [NYO]
7. Rumors that the W New York hotel and condo is going back to the bank [Post, 2nd item]
8. Author Salman Rushdie backs new restaurant [NYO]
9. Brooklyn building permits down in October [Post]