1. U.S. office construction spreads to mid-sized cities [WSJ]
2. “Daily Show” exec buys $1.65 million townhouse in Brooklyn Heights [NYO]
3. NYPD confiscates Banksy’s $300,000 balloons [NYT]
4. Townhouse on West 126th Street gets futuristic design [Harlem Bespoke]
5. Long Island City eateries come together to battle nabe’s hipster connotation [NYDN]
6. Montreal’s condo boom winding down, developers say [WSJ]
7. The Paris metro has an artistic director [NYT]
— Hiten Samtani