••• “Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer announced his strong opposition to Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plan to sell three city-owned Lower Manhattan commercial buildings, citing the “’need for public benefits’ […]. As head of the borough board, a body whose approval is required for sale of assets through the Economic Development Corporation, Stringer said he can and will avoid a vote on the sale of the buildings until he receives a ‘clear definition of public benefit’ […]. The three buildings, totaling 669,000 square feet, include 22 Reade Street, 49-51 Chambers Street and 346 Broadway […]. All of the buildings are currently occupied by city tenants. Stringer […] wants the city to retain them and build schools and affordable housing instead.” —The Real Deal

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••• “A Goldman Sachs wheeler dealer has nabbed a 5-story production studio at 449 Washington Street and plans to turn it totally residential and build an expansive triplex on top. The buyer is financier Gizman Abbas, who last year bought a capacious unit a few blocks south at the Fairchild on Vestry.” —Curbed

••• The elevator at the Chambers Street pedestrian bridge was broken, and now it’s fixed. —Broadsheet

••• Tonight is Biddy Early’s last night before it goes under the knife, to re-emerge as Woodrow’s, an affordable steakhouse. —Eater

••• Tenants at New York by Gehry are being kept awake by the work on the Brooklyn Bridge. —Curbed