–Halpern Real Estate Ventures and SMA Equities close on their sale of 331 East Houston St., a residential building. The sales price was $62 million. The project was developed several years ago for a little over $50 million. [Commercial Observer]
–A watchdog group says NYCHA is in no way prepared for the Trump administration’s assault on public housing. [Daily News]
–It’s not all that easy for artists to live on the Lower East Side these days. A new study shows that there were 2,413 artists living in the neighborhood in 2015, as opposed to 2,909 in the year 2000. look out Bushwick, your days are numbered. [Time Out]
–Jake Dell of Katz’s Deli talks about his decision to open up an outpost in Brooklyn, whether he’ll take the concept nationwide and why the family’s decision to sell their air rights makes the business stronger in the long term. [Grub Street]
–Griffin Hansbury, known to you as Jeremiah Moss, lands on the cover of the Village Voice. [The Village Voice]
