–Related Fund Management snatches up two large Section 8 buildings in the Two Bridges area, 265-275 Cherry St., from the CIM Group and L+M Development for $424 million. [Crain’s]

–Plans are filed for a 21-story office tower on the former site of B Bar. [EV Grieve]

–A 20-year-old woman is arrested in California after falsely accusing a Black teenager of stealing her cell phone and then assaulting him in a an incident that took place in the lobby of a Soho hotel. [The New York Times]

–The owners of Prince Street Pizza step aside from daily operations after racist comments resurface online. [Eater]

–Lost and found: an incredible and very large archive of Chinatown photos from the 1970s and 1980s. [Gothamist]

–Cafe Grumpy has temporarily closed one of its two locations on the Lower East Side but it’s still managing to expand elsewhere. [Forbes]

–Oh K-Dog brings Korean rice hot dogs to Ludlow Street. [Gothamist]

–A $162 million construction loan has been secured for the new complex to be built on the ashes of the Beth Hamedrash Hagadol synagogue. [The Real Deal]

–The city excludes parts of Chinatown from COVID-19 small business relief funding. [Gothamist]

–Light Up Chinatown – a new effort to lure customers back to the neighborhood. [The New York Times]

–A big blow for the neighborhood if it’s true: Sammy’s Roumanian Restaurant appears to have cleared out of its Chrystie Street location. There’s some speculation, though, that it could re-emerge in another location. [James & Karla Instagram]

–The beloved B & H Dairy restaurant has been forced to overcome all sorts of difficulties in the past year, but the ones inflicted by city bureaucrats have been the most maddening. [Gothamist]

–The old school Chinatown barbershop gets a second generation makeover on Pell Street. [Channel 7]

–2020’s saddest restaurant closures, including Rosario’s, Gaia and Hop Shing. [Eater]