BEYOND THE HUB—Tomsele's newly purchased $14M Manhattan condo is as mad-crazy as you'd expect: "[T]he interiors of Bündchen and Brady's newest digs boast the 'solid quarter-sawn white oak plank floors and oversized doors' of the rest of the Juul-Hansen designed units." [Curbed National]
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BOSTON—Hizzoner is not going to let the door hit his ass on the way out: "Mayor Thomas M. Menino used a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday to blast the two mayoral candidates who, he said, want to 'blow up' the Boston Redevelopment Authority. 'As I leave office, there are some folks out there who want to change the whole system of development, and if that system changes, there will not be any development in the city of Boston for a year and a half'..." [Biz Journal]
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MALDEN—The one-time would-be developer of the Government Center Garage wants to build big on a lot off Eastern Avenue: "If completed, it would include 86 one- and two-bedroom units renting for between $1,200 and $1,600 per month. Units will range in size from 650 to 1,200 square feet." [Biz Journal]