NBA renews lease at 645 Fifth Avenue, Port Authority fires back at Bloomberg … and more

1. NBA to stay at 645 Fifth Avenue [Crain’s]
2. Passive solar house on Bedford Avenue takes shape [Curbed]
3. Port Authority fires back at Mayor Michael Bloomberg about WTC redevelopment [NYO]
4. Speaker Christine Quinn considers issues in regulating commercial rent [Politicker]
5. Design for West Street bridge revealed [Curbed]
6. A look at the renderings of an upcoming hotel at 163 Orchard Street [Curbed]
7. 23-unit 177 Concord Street gets glass [Brownstoner]
8. Closings in progress at the Argyle in Park Slope [Brownstoner]
9. New York home prices expected to drop 40 percent [Time]
10. Photos of the new Giants and Jets stadium [CBS]
11. Landlords who rented to City Council member Larry Seabrook subpoenaed [NYT]
12. Kid tries to steal Citi Habitats broker’s BlackBerry [Post]
13. Unemployment in the city continues to rise [NYT]
14. Q&A with Ivanka Trump [The Architect’s Newspaper]