City Council files memo against Chelsea shelter, commercial valuations hold steady … and more

1. Eight homes more expensive than the Harkness Mansion [NYO]
2. City Council files legal memo against Chelsea homeless shelter
[DNAinfo]
3. MTV darling Alexa Chung buys East Village apartment for $600,000
[NYO]
4. Port Authority proposes slightly less dramatic toll increases
[NYT]
5. Lack of consumer confidence overwhelms market affordability
[WSJ]
6. Commercial valuations to hold steady after downgrade
[GlobeSt]
7. Tenants in some NYC buildings can no longer leave house keys with their doormen [Curbed]
8. Soho fire victims demand answers from landlord about fate of building
[DNAinfo]
9. Soho’s chocolate factory project sees new life
[Curbed]