· U.S. Customs signs on for 600,000 sqft in Freedom Tower [Crain's]
· String of hotel openings should ease price squeeze... [Newyorkology]
· ...but those pesky hotel-to-luxe-condo conversions continue apace [NYP]
· Angry hipsters react to the demise of the LES [Gawker]
· Critics says closing of Red Hook shipyard is shortsighted [NYT]
· 9-story Orion will be first elevator condo in South Bronx [NYDN]
· Hotel Chelsea was ahead of the curve on exposed showers [HC Blog]
· At 6.78%, 30yr mortgage rate highest since May '02 [CNN/Money]
· The real trouble with Stuy Town is all those damn old people [TIWWDN]
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