Soaring condo prices mark a changing East Harlem, JFK airport adding eight new retailers … and more

1. JFK airport to open eight new retail shops by next month [Queens Courier]
2. Condo prices climb 21 percent year-over-year in Spanish Harlem [NYP]
3. Brooklyn Heights residents get a break with partial moratorium on movie shoots [Brooklyn Eagle]
4. Inside mobile payment provider Venmo’s trendy office digs in the Flatiron District [Business Insider]
5. New book “Compact Houses” looks at living small [NYP]
6. New designs for the Holiday Inn and residential building heading to Schermerhorn Street in Downtown Brooklyn [Curbed]
7. New York: A city that evokes many emotions, especially in wake of Christmas: VIDEO [Gothamist] — Mark Maurer