Face-lift hints at future for 579 Fifth Avenue [New York Post]

CUNY Buys former Pfizer space as office condo - [GlobeSt.com]

The upside of the downturn - [Crain's New York]

Nationwide construction spending falls - [Crain's New York]

NYC leasing severely lagging job growth - [Crain's New York]

U.S. stocks struggle for direction - [Wall Street Journal]

ING to sell Capital One stake for $3 billion - [Wall Street Journal]

Robert Sammons is vice president of research services at Cassidy Turley, a full-service commercial real estate services provider offering tenant representation, project leasing, capital markets and research and consulting, among other platforms. Mr. Sammons can be reached at Robert.Sammons@Cassidyturley.com. To subscribe to Cassidy Turley’s daily news roundup email Arielle.Herzfeld@cassidyturley.com.