Battling bamboo in New Jersey, moving a mayor back into Gracie Mansion … and more

1. Backyard bamboo creeps closer to New Jersey homes [WSJ]
2. American companies DirectTV, Avon snapping up Venezuelan office properties [WSJ]
3. Cheshire Group founder Susan Hewitt: “When there were fewer women [in real estate], people remembered who you were” [NYT]
4. “City’s heart beats faster” with mayoral family in Gracie Mansion [NYT]
5. New building to replace collapsed Carroll Gardens brownstone [Pardon Me For Asking]
6. Preserving Riverside Skate Park to honor founder’s memory [NYT]
7. Snazzy Standard East Village reveals renovated townhouse lobby [Curbed]