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Today’s Links: Stylish Senior Housing, A Sweetheart Deal for Simcha & More

Paul Stremple

Mar 29, 2018 — 1 min read

A rendering of the possible Daniel Libeskind Senior Housing Building (via NYCHA)

Simcha Felder’s Sweetheart Deal on Office Space [Crain’s New York]
Time Out to Open Massive Food Hall on DUMBO Waterfront [Eater NY]
Sick Student Cuffed in Precinct For Seven Hours For Leaving School [NY Daily News]
Judge in “Brooklyn Ripper” Case Busy Ripping Vape [NY Post]
Goat Yoga Comes to Bushwick [Greenpointers]
Did A Kensington Animal Clinic Kill These Pets? [Patch]
A Glut Of Chain Stores in Brooklyn [The Bridge BK]
L Train Shutdown Already Dropping Rental Prices in Williamsburg [Business Insider]
Famed Architect’s First New York Building Might Be Bed-Stuy Senior Housing [6sqft]

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