1. Court rules in favor of storage company involved in Columbia University eminent domain case [Columbia Spectator]
2. Bloomberg administration backtracks on plan to transform schoolyards into parks due to tight budget [Staten Island Advance]
3. Brooklyn development at 324-328 Dean Street goes partly rental? [Brownstoner]
4. LeRoy suggests possible Tavern on the Green in Brooklyn [Brooklyn Eagle]
5. Yogurt purveyor Red Mango accused of dodging rent in two locations [Crain’s]
6. Eccentric political commentator Glenn Beck lists New Canaan residence for $4M [Real Estalker]
7. Icahn proposes reorganization possibilities for Trump Entertainment [GlobeSt]
8. Community rallies to save 55-year-old Greenwich Village mainstay Pink Tea Cup [NYT]
9. Andrew Farkas becomes Dubai’s main Manhattan real estate man [NYO]
10. Harlem’s P.S. 186 up for possible landmark status [Harlem Bespoke]
11. Families of WTC attack victims take Staten Island landfill case to court [SI Advance]
12. A peak inside East Harlem’s transforming Casablanca Meat Market [NYT]
13. Co-op and condo owners in NYC face increases in monthly maintenance charges [Malcom Carter]
14. Street vendors banned from selling seafood [Midtown Lunch]
15. JPMorgan Chase slated to open 24 new mortgage centers by spring [The Truth about Mortgage] and [Crain’s]
16. Hovnanian expected to report fiscal second-quarter earnings of $1.05 a share, down 53 cents from a year ago [Market Watch]
17. Fed says interest rates to stay near zero for “an extended period”
[Post]
18. Time magazine names Ben Bernanke person of the year
[Market Watch]
19. Green building industry awaits billions of dollars in stimulus funding
[WSJ]
20. Three Riverdale homes considered for landmarking [Riverdale Press]
21. Madoff homes make list of biggest real estate flops of 2009 [The Street via Yahoo Finance]
22. Altantic Terminal slated to open next week [Curbed]
23. HUD issues proposed rule setting minimum standards for mortgage broker licensing [National Mortgage News]