Hunt begins for Pier 1 developer, Streeteasy offers new broker search … and more

1. City begins search for Pier 1 developer
[Brooklyn Paper]
2. Streeteasy.com launches new broker search
[NY1]
3. Britney Spears‘ penthouse back on market
[Curbed]
4. Optimism on home prices back up
[WSJ]
5. LES residents want Landmarks Preservation Commission to protect
Bialystocker nursing home
[The Lo-Down]
6. Uniqlo bringing more pop-up shops to West Side
[Racked]
7. Politicians rally against Turtle Bay high-rise
[DNAinfo]
8. Alec Baldwin’s Central Park West apartment on sale for
$9.5 million
[Post]
9. Duryea’s Lobster Deck in Hamptons on sale for $5.9 million
[Curbed]
10. Buildings offering homes for residents who need a snore room
[MSNBC]
11. Rents up 13 percent in Flatiron District [Crain’s]
12. Politicians demand MTA release Second Avenue Subway
construction air quality data
[Post]
13. UWS’ P&G bar closing down
[Vanishing New York]
14. Unstable real estate market makes for bad time to divorce [MSNBC]
15. American Institute of Architects creating online dating
services for stalled projects
[DJC]
16. UWS building with $3,000 apartments doesn’t have gas
[DNAinfo]
17. Sharif El-Gamal discusses his Lower Manhattan plans with Fareed Zakaria
[CNN]
18. Brooklyn Roasting Company coming to Dumbo
[Gothamist]
19. Williamsburg’s 11 Broadway gets new facade
[Curbed]
20. Architects’ pool house has creative design and is energy efficient
[WSJ]