Garment District building sells for $45.3 million, Southampton home wins highest price for beach-side home … and more

1. Garment District building sells for $45.3 million [NYO]

2. 350 West Broadway gets glass facade [Curbed]

3. City’s real estate market worries college graduates [Brown and White]

4. Chinese investors buying homes in the city [AP]

5. Abandoned construction sites popping up around the city [AP via SI Advance]
6. 29 Flatbush Avenue will be a rental building and construction will begin this year, if the city approves it [Brownstoner]
7. Southampton home wins most expensive beach-side home sale in New York at $60 million [Bloomberg]
8. 21-story apartment building may rise in UWS church sanctuary [Curbed]
9. Greenwich Hotel is operating at only a 50 percent occupancy rate [NYO]
10. Supermarket king John Catsimatidis’ 202 Myrtle Avenue rising [GL]
11. Home prices fell record 12 percent in fourth quarter [Bloomberg]
12. Manhattan inventory passes 10,000 units [UrbanDigs]
13. Retail sales rise in January [1010 WINS]
14. Graph: inventory versus listing discount [Curbed]

15. Home buyers go green to save green [WSJ]