We learned that:
- Staten Island's moment as the New Williamsburg has passed.
- Amanda Burden doesn't want Municipal Art Society messing with Coney Island.
- Sam Chang sold a Hampton Inn on West 57th for $46 million.
- Apartment deals abound in the Financial District five weeks after crisis' start.
- $20 billion in Wall Street bonuses may not be enough to save real estate.
- Grubb & Ellis chief David Arena wants everyone to stay positive.
- A tenants PAC for the city is focusing on Upstate legislative races.
- Kathy Wylde sees "rough going" in the local economy.
- From landlords' persecptive, the Manhattan apartment market is "struggling."
- There's a lot of feeling about St. Vincent's Landmarks win.
- The Prospect Heights historic designation has a lot of backers.
- Boston Properties' 3Q numbers have Zuckerman focusing long-term.
- The Upper East Side has Manhattan's most $5 million and up home deals.
- Brookfield Properties' 3Q numbers have Merrill Lynch mulling.
- The Netherlands' consulate re-upped at Tishman Speyer's One Rockefeller Plaza.
- The Upper West Sidel leads Manhattan in the number of $1 million home deals.
- The number of anticipated Manhattan hotel rooms has been cut 30 percent.
- Hamptons' housing prices and sales dropped sharply in the third quarter.
- Halstead dominated REBNY's annual residential awards.
- The North Fork sees its home prices bounce mildly in the third quarter.
- Willets Point landowners unload an ad against Bloomberg's plan.
- The city's biggest official apartment listing is officially off the market.
- Far East office markets book past Manhattan, gain on London.
- Live, public commercial real estate auctions? It's come to that.
- Here's five areas of the city you shouldn't buy in until prices come down more.
- Despite community jitters, Extell is moving ahead with its Riverside Center.
- Bloomberg has personally lobbied council members on Willets Point.
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