On the Market: Walentas’ Mercedes House Races Ahead; WTC Plaza Panorama; Threadbare Third Avenue

Fire trap that killed two was illegal SRO run by former firefighter [News, Times]

Where have all the skyscrapers gone? [Journal]

Is Scott Reschler the smartest guy in real estate? [Crain’s]

Price cuts, foie gras used to help sell Setai Fifth Avenue [Times]

Crack down on illegal hotels showing results [DNAinfo]

Two Trees zig-zagging Mercedes House 50 percent sold out already [Real Deal]

A jawdropping World Trade Center panorama [Times]

Grand Central Terminal, the first stop in retail [Crain’s]

Neglected landmark Windemere Building becoming a boutique hotel [Curbed]

Greenpoint trailer becomes vintage boutique [Times]

Redesign of Central Park’s Cherry Hill plaza put off [DNAinfo]

BroBos rally on Brooklyn Bridge to stop tourist helicopters [BK Paper]

Upper Third Avenue loses its luster [Crain’s]

Dutch Plaza at Battery opens after two years [Curbed]

How to create an entire campus on one city block? That’s challenge for Fordham [Journal]

Bad Omen! Greenwich Village psychic pulls $27,000 scam [Times]

Brokers embrace social networking [Crain’s]

When you just can’t leave your apartment [Times]

Random dudes showing people around warren of Port Authority bus terminal, demand payment [Post]