City biz leaders say Sandy was a “wake-up call,” Ethan Hawke’s Brooklyn entrance … and more

1. Hines REIT pays Sam Zell’s Equity Residential $197.3 million for Newtown, Mass. office complex [Law360]
2. Buyer of Beresford unit that almost hit foreclosure auction was micro-lender  [NYO]
3. Sandy was a “wake-up call,” city’s top business leaders say [Crain’s]
4. Ethan Hawke is moving his family to Brooklyn [Real Estalker]
5. “Mystery lights” in Soho are actually from the sales office of the Schumacher [Curbed]
6. The Department of Buildings has, of all things, a podcast [NYO]
7. The Williamsburg at 373 Wythe Avenue to launch rentals in May [Buzz Buzz Home]
8. The top 20 markets for investing in single-family rentals [WSJ]
9. If retro cartoon character Eloise lived at the Wythe instead of The Plaza… [Free Williamsburg]
10. Lions on guard at a Bronx public library need a name [NYT]