1. City planners mull transit scheme amid LIC building boom [TimesLedger]
2. American Vitagraph smokestack in Midwood may soon be demolished [Brooklyn brief]
3. Norway’s sovereign wealth fund to buy NOA’s London center for $944 million [Bloomberg News]
4. Mansion tax looms for Scotland buyers [Financial Times]
5. Alicia Glen gives Seward Park-adjacent Lowline nod of approval [Lo-Down]
6. A property buyer’s guide to Gotham [BWW]
7. Community advisory council fields Brooklyn Heights library concerns [Brooklyn brief]
8. City Planning releases guide to retrofit city homes in flood zones [Crain’s]
— Julie Strickland