This week we learned that…

…Atlantic Yards’ newest savior is a Russian nickel magnate. Also, he has a blog. [The New Yorker]

… Now, Max Abelson’s not saying she’s a gold-digger… [NY Observer]

… The NYC market might be going to hell, but at least we’re doing it discretely. [The Real Deal]

… Perhaps The Donald could have redirected Gadhafi to Trump SoHo. [The New Republic]

… China is basically just an enormous version of the Williamsburg waterfront circa 2007. [Felix Salmon]

… The housing recovery is suddenly looking a bit less robust that it did a week ago. [Clusterstock]

… Bernanke doesn’t seem too worried, though. [AP via Yahoo!]

…Courtney Cox has a perfect little one-bedroom for you in Greenpoint. [NYSh*tty]