New York

Commercial

Charles Cohen’s 750 Lex headed to auction block 

Bushburg buys FiDi office at steep discount for possible resi conversion

NYC’s top deals: 15 CPW condo snags $22M — almost double its 2008 price

Steve Cohen with a rendering of Metropolitan Park; Bally’s CEO Soo Kim with a rendering of Bally's casino; Genting Americas East president Robert DeSalvio with a rendering of Resorts World

Politics

The Daily Dirt: Here’s what the casino teams promised

Clockwise: The Wheeler withRob Speyer of Tishman Speyer, Brooklyn Tower of Larry Silverstein of Silverstein Properties, 2350 East 69th Street with Andrew Joblon of Turbridge Equities and St. George Tower at 111 Hicks Street with Joshua Wechter of East Gate Investors

Classrooms and clubs: Top Brooklyn and Queens retail leases

Paramount Hamptons’ Bill Locantro and the Oki-Do site in East Marion, New York

Tri-State

Recipe for inertia: North Fork eyesore persists

Sotheby’s International Realty’s Serena Boardman, 4 East 79th Street and Lone Star chairman John Grayken

Back so soon? UES townhouse hits market asking $68M

32 Sixth Avenue and Rudin Management co-CEO Michael Rudin

Rudin’s 32 Sixth Avenue value slashed by 56%

Steve Cohen with a rendering of Metropolitan Park; Bally’s CEO Soo Kim with rendering a rendering of Bally'sl; Genting Americas East president Robert DeSalvio with a rendering of Resorts World rendering

Jackpot! 3 NYC casinos get official go-ahead, with caveat

Gotham Organization's David Picket and Westbury LIRR train station

Gotham plotting 157-unit complex next to Westbury train station

15 Central Park West, Noel Berk and Elizabeth Mercedes Berk with Engel & Volkers

Two “Limestone Jesus” condos crown Manhattan luxury deals

Savanna co-chair Nicholas Bienstock and 5 Bryant Park

Savanna snags $510M to refi 5 Bryant Park

U.S. Distressed Mortgages Jump 21% in November 

Distressed U.S. mortgages jump 21% in November

Anonymous sources: How the Alexanders’ alleged victims will play into trial

Paperwork madness: New burdens for businesses, city

NYC’s top deals: Citi takes over Trump Parc condos for $19M

The Daily Dirt: New access agreements law aims to quell neighbor drama

Mortgage fraud mayhem continues in NYC

The Fulton Transit Center and the Corbin building