Taconic Partners sold the Iron Horse Labs life-sciences building for $73 million, a sign lab-to-office conversions are still trading despite a soft life-sciences leasing market. bisnow.com

A new SCA-built annex at John Dewey High School added 553 middle-school seats in Gravesend, part of the city's ongoing school-overcrowding capital push. Brooklyn Paper

Advocates are pressing Mayor Mamdani to weigh in on proposed reforms to New York's Scaffold Law, the strict-liability statute contractors have fought to change for decades. Yahoo Finance

A proposed Park Avenue redesign in Midtown East now includes a protected bike lane, another sign the city is layering streetscape work onto its capital projects near Grand Central. newyorkyimby.com

Mamdani's proposed public-bathroom pilot could ease a long-standing headache for developers who currently have to build and maintain their own public restrooms as a condition of approval. therealdeal.com