Weekend Wrap-Up: Opening Up YIMBY Group Open New York, How to Sell a Zoo, Hal Fetner On Affordable Housing, and More

    [Open New York Has a Super PAC, and a New Roadmap to Solve the Housing Crisis]( [Open New York has launched Abundant New York, the first statewide super PAC committed solely to addressing New York’s housing shortage.](   [Selling a Zoo Can Be Wild]( [A pair of North Carolina zoos on the market offer a clinic on the brokerage side of such sales.](   [Hal Fetner Steers Family Business Around Distress and New York Politics]( [Hal Fetner is not just going in circles like one of the prized carousel animals he collects.](   [Nonalcoholic Retailer Boisson Files for Bankruptcy, Closes Stores]( [Boisson has already shuttered its five retail locations in New York City, along with its San Francisco, Los Angeles and Miami outposts.](   [Hotel Developers Launch Florida Projects Aimed at Rocket Tourists]( [The future Westin Resort & Spa Cocoa Beach a few miles from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station could be just the start.](   [StackSource Acquired by L.A.-Based Firm, Investor and Founder Equity Wiped Out]( [StackSource has foundered, leaving shareholders without any equity payout as it merges with a real estate financing brokerage.](   [Mayor Adams Tries to Spur More Housing Development With New Zoning Changes]( [The third and final “City of Yes” proposal promises to add about a fifth of the mayor’s “moonshot” goal of 500,000 housing units over the next 10 years.](   [Housing Drives Much of the Inflation Increase in March]( [Prices climbed 0.4 percent in March, the same as in February, according to a new monthly report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.](   [Longfellow Completes Rockville Life Sciences Conversion on Spec]( [Longfellow Real Estate Partners has delivered an office-to-lab conversion in Rockville, Md., called Preserve Labs.](   [Amazon Takes 2M Square Feet in Southern California in Q1]( [The tech and e-commerce king signed two leases in the Inland Empire, beautifying otherwise homely numbers for the market.](   [View in Browser]( | [Advertise]( | [Forward to a Friend]( [Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe]( [Share your thoughts: Help us improve with our quick feedback survey!]( [Commercial Observer]( © Copyright 2024 [Observer Media]( 1 Whitehall Street, Floor 7, New York, NY 10004 This newsletter was published 04/13/2024