From the Wall Street Journal: "With a record amount of commercial real-estate debt coming due, some of the country's biggest property developers have become the latest to go hat-in-hand to the government for assistance. ... Real-estate owners are pressing the government to take preemptive action before thousands of properties begin to fail. Among those who have been active in the ...

New
York is a city that embodies two great urban virtues: a rich architectural history and a commitment to using the latest technologies to improve the lives of its citizens. It is inevitable that occasionally those virtues will come into conflict. The battle brewing between St. Vincent’s Hospital in Greenwich Village and various preservationist groups such as the Municipal ...