Rent Guidelines Board approves fuel surcharge in preliminary vote, Central Park horse stable to open this summer … and more

1. Rent Guidelines Board approves rent hikes of up to 9 percent on two-year leases, plus 1 percent temporary fuel surcharge in preliminary vote [Post]
2. Christie, developers lay out Xanadu completion plan [NYT]
3. Nolitan Hotel opening date delayed again, this time until July 1 [Hotel Chattler]
4. New Central Park horse stable to open this summer [NYT]
5. Meanwhile, NYPD horse stables in Lower Manhattan may be converted to police command for World Trade Center [WSJ]
6. Party City leases 13,000 square feet of retail space under construction at 670 Columbus Avenue [Post, 2nd item]
7. DDG’s 41 Bond launches teaser website advertising floor-through and duplex condos [Curbed]
8. Big cities boost U.S. office landlords’ first-quarter results [WSJ]

9. Five architects envision NYC in 2030 in new Audi project gallery [NYDN]
10. Fake listing for estate sale of Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound asks $995K [NYO]
11. ICON Investments signs 10-year lease for 3 Park Avenue‘s 36th floor [Post, 3rd item]