Toll Brothers and Briarwood eyeing Forest Hills tennis stadium, Obama wants government to have role in mortgage rates … and more

1. Toll Brothers, Briarwood considering redeveloping Forest
Hills tennis stadium
[Twitter] and
[Twitter]
2. Obama wants government to have role in mortgage rates
[Washington Post]
3. REITs becoming less attractive as long-term investments
[WSJ]
4. Freddie Mac announces new incentive program
[Fox Tampa Bay]
5. Limo only lane outside Trump Place [NYT]
6. Film Center Cafe closes in Hells Kitchen
[Village Voice]
7. Rothstein & Kass expanding in Midtown
[Post]
8. NYU law building gets LEED silver certification
[Curbed]
9. Residents to petition City Council for 135 Bowery landmark
designation
[EV Grieve]
10. Kid’s Couture designer sells apartment at 850 Park for $4.4 million
[NYO]
11. “Supertall” exhibition showcases 48 skyscrapers
[WSJ]
12. Financial firm Doral expands on Fifth Avenue [Crain’s]
13. Bakery plans on hold in East Village
[DNAinfo]
14. Following up with Christodora House developers [EV Grieve]
15. Hudson River ferry home docked in Hudson off Hoboken
[Gothamist]
16. Nordstrom to open New York store under other name
[NYT]
17. Long Island firms accused of homeowner fraud shut down
[Reuters]
18. Chelsea gallery Luhring Augustine expanding into Bushwick
[WNYC]
19. Lady Gaga decorating Barney’s HQ for holidays
[CBS]
20. New book imagines Muslim architect for Ground Zero-like memorial
[NYT]
21. Judge ends Brooklyn foreclosure with “Bah, humbug!”
[Reuters]
22. A look inside Williamsburg’s 174 Jackson
[Curbed]
23. Bannerman Castle in need of repair funds after storm damage
[CBS]
24. Ernie Cervi moves from Corcoran to Saunders Real Estate
[Patch]
25. Alex Baldwin buys Clifford Ross art at East Hamptons auction
[Bloomberg]