<div><p>Times reporter Charles Bagli and Corcoran CEO Pamela Liebman talk about real estate "orgy." [The Brian Lehrer Show] </p><p>Panned Ago to close at end of month; Jean Georges Vongerichten to open replacement restaurant. [The Feedbag] </p><p>Drake Hotel mortgage now for sale at ...

<div><p>New York real estate is so beleaguered that it can’t support a one-time commercial real estate section in The New York Times. According to sources, the Gray Lady has scrapped plans to publish a stand-alone commercial real estate section, dubbed the “Commercial Real Estate Annual Review,” on Nov. 18, due to a lack ...

<div><p>The Times' Charles Bagli dropped this nugget of negativism on us over the weekend: "Until recently, tourism had been a bright spot in the city’s increasingly gloomy economic picture, fueled largely by foreign tourists taking advantage of a weak dollar. But many hotel operators have begun reporting that bookings for the next few ...

<div><p> </p><p>Tucked into Charles Bagli's gong-rattling New York Times pronouncement on the end of the local real estate boom were three gems to illustrate the point. </p><p>HSBC pulled out of a major lease at Larry Silverstein's downtown gem: </p&gt ...