$1.7B in NYC commercial real estate mortgages in February alone, residential buyers resist crossing $1M price threshold … and more

1. $1.7B in commercial mortgages for NYC properties in February [NYO]
2. Residential buyers resistant to crossing $1M price threshold [Curbed]
3. New York City’s Planet Hollywood will close to make way for Italian restaurant [NYT]
4. Brookfield commits to green garages [NYO]
5. UWS’ Cafe Tallulah decides to keep historical mural, despite receiving community board approval to remove it [West Side Rag]
6. SCOPE art fair comes to Bjarke Ingel building this weekend [NYO]
7. Op-Ed: James D. Harmon, Jr.’s fight against rent control [Reason]
8. Chicago-based stationary store Paper Source to come to Manhattan’s Upper West Side [Crain’s]