Element developer parts ways with mother Russia. (Real Deal)

New Yorker gambles on purchase of oldest casino in Atlantic City. (WSJ) 

183 Madison near $75 million sale to British group. (Post) 

Related exec leaves to form own firm, Oliver's Realty Group. (Crain's) 

Retail coming to outer boroughs -- if the locals allow. (WSJ)

New Jersey's transit system debuts "quiet cars," to muted praise. (NYT) 

Reviving old housing projects means fewer new ones. (Bloomberg) 

The average co-op maintenance fee shot 20% higher last year. (Smart Money)

Chinatown tenants claim landlord turned up heat to drive them out during last week's heat wave. (DNA.info) 

And, of course, world's biggest bobblehead built in Brooklyn. (NYDN)

Sticky-fingered open house guest has felony charges dismissed. (Post) 

Vornado puts $1 billion price tag on subsidiary. (Crain's) 

An UWS landmark theater files for Chapter 11. (Crain's) 

Study finds far more New Yorkers die by jumping off towers. (WSJ) 

Real Housewives of New Jersey star accused of hiding assets after hubbie's real estate ventures go belly up. (CBS) 

In Japan, those who can't stand the unrelenting heat any longer are turning to haunted houses for relief. And the haunted house business, reports Reuters, is booming.

This year ghost houses have reported dramatic increases in visitor numbers as they tap into the Japanese tradition of also telling scary stories to send shivers down people's spines and cool them down.

With temperatures still running high, Tokyo Dome City Attractions has extended its ghost house opening by a month.

"Japanese naturally connect summer with being scared and feeling cool thanks to that," said the Dome's spokesman Yoshinosuke Goto.

Hmmm. More here.

The bureaucrats at the Economic Development Corporation were doing more than their part, spending thousands on luxury travel. (NYDN) 

City agencies have sold the mortgage on a Bronx tower known as "the birthplace of hip-hop." (NYT) 

Teacher's retirement fund is in talks with Omnicom to lease a huge chunk of former Pfizer space (WSJ) 

Forest City announces closing of $85 million financing on Times Square property. (PR Newswire) 

Jets pledge to win championship with new $1.6 billion football palace. (NYT) 

Flip-flopping on flip taxes landing mostly on buyers. (NYT) 

Stuy Town auction set for Oct. 4. (Reuters) 

Colleges struggle with classic bargain-hunters' dilemma: What to do with all that real estate they don't really need? (AP) 

Twin steel columns from original World Trade Center back at ground zero. (Curbed)

Devonshire House ties biggest sale ever with $5.2 million deal. (Curbed)

More trouble for Moinian: foreclosure proceedings at 1775 Broadway. (Bloomberg)

Columbia wants Inwood waterfront to build sports complex. (DNAinfo)

First, Christine Quinn got $19K from Vornado execs. Then the Council O.K.'d 15 Penn. Discuss. (Crain's)

New foreclosures in the five boroughs in August: "mixed." (Brownstoner)

Goldman Sachs to the rescue on stalled Williamsburg project. (Crain's)

Hamptons brokers: not even a hurricane... (TRD)

Poll finds New Yorkers slightly less Islamophobic than rest of country. (NYT)

A review of the U.S. Open's culinary options. (WSJ)

Second time's a charm. During this year's fight for Stuy Town, tenants harder to ignore. (NYT)

Comptroller Liu slams Parks Department's management of Terrace on the Park et al. (Daily News)

Miniature golf is "a pastime on life support" in New York City. (NYT)

RFR faces litigation in Century Tower condo conversion. (TRD)

The long-sought East River Science Park is slated to open in September, complete with a trendy restaurant. (WNYC)

Stuy Town creditors warred in court today, with no resolution, over the property. (Crain's)

You can go camping in Brooklyn? (NYT)

A fight over affordable housing in Harlem. (DNAInfo)

The Cuozz has an uncommonly sincere column in today's paper about his struggle with Type 2 diabetes -- the same disease whose complications killed his father:

My case was unlikely to be mortal. But I review restaurants. Could I continue as a critic when I’d have to count carbs, practice portion control, give up sugar and shun certain foods altogether?

 

By summer 2009, I felt like I was falling apart. My symptoms were so severe — blood sugar above 300 compared to a healthy 90-140, spontaneous sweats and blurred vision — that my doctors feared I’d need to inject insulin.

And it goes on from there, ending with some helpful tips. 

Read it all here.

Today in awful people: Rachel Uchitel visits ground zero, reality TV crew in tow. (NY Post)

Twilight star Ashley Green leases one-bedroom on Cooper Square. (NY Post)

New Yankee Austin Kearns renting on East End Avenue. (NY Post - 2nd item)

City signs for 81,800 square feet at 2 Metro Tech. (Crain's)

Business suites provider gets fourth city site in FiDi. (TRD)

REIT employees making more money this year. (GlobeSt)

And, ladies and gentlemen, mansions that deliberately look like malls. (Mainstreet)

Politicians should consider appointing "viziers" instead of "tsars." Better connotations. (Economist)

Rangel rallies in support of Islamic community center near Ground Zero. (City Room)

Dunlap revisits St. Vincent's. (City Room)

Attorney's attempt to end ladies nights at least temporarily foiled. (DNAInfo)