Nolitan Signage Toys With Our Emotions; January Sales Down

NOLITA?As seen in the above tipster-submitted photo, someone seems to have taken a black marker to the sign outside the Nolitan, the already-delayed Grzywinski+Pons hotel coming to the Chitaly/Nolita DMZ. But was the blacked-out word "late" or "early"? Should we be feeling hope or despair?! [CurbedWire Inbox]

MANHATTAN?We began the day with a look at the decade that was, so how about ending with a look at the month that, er, more recently was? Brokerage CORE dropped its real-time Manhattan market report this afternoon, and "the New Year failed to bring January’s usual surge." Resale closings were down 22 percent, though new development closings rose. [CurbedWire Inbox]