MTA construction could destroy the Friars Club, mortgage insurer PMI Group to pay lenders less up-front for claims … and more

The Friars Club on East 55th Street

1. MTA construction for LIRR could destroy famed Friars Club
[Post]
2. In Cooper Hotel acquisition Andre Balazs partnered with Ironstate Development
[WSJ]
3. Port Authority ousts Red Hook pier operators to ignite real estate development
[Post]
4. Real estate values and congestion on the rise in College Point
[NYT]
5. Massive mortgage insurer PMI Group will not pay lenders just 50 percent of claims in up-front cash
[WSJ]
6. Flushing has diversity in population, commercial property and housing stock
[WSJ]
7. 30 years later, cops still investigating Robert Durst’s first wife’s disappearance
[Post]
8. Trader Joe’s, Barneys descended upon Atlantic Avenue and bumped Cobble Hill rents way up
[Crain’s]
9. Maria Loi, the Mediterranean Martha Stewart, opens very pricey restaurant at 208 West 70th Street
[Post, 1st item]