Owner of Tribeca’s 100 Franklin Street defends sale to DDG, real estate ads that are right on the money … and more

1. Owner of Tribeca’s 100 Franklin Street defends decision to sell site to DDG Partners [Downtown Express]
2. Real estate ads that are right on the money: PHOTOS [Buzzfeed]
3. HFZ Capital’s proposed rooftop addition to the Chatsworth sure to irk Upper West Siders [Curbed]
4. Read Property pitch Rheingold mixed-use project in Bushwick to skeptical City Council [Bushwick Daily]
5. The importance of co-op board minutes [NYT]
6. New mortgage rules aimed at preventing foreclosures on homes of the deceased [NYT]
7. Department of Buildings gives nod to seven-story residential building on Astoria’s 21st Street [Brownstoner] — Hiten Samtani