A condo at 444 Humboldt Street in Williamsburg is offering a $25,000 gift card to whoever buys the unit, but its price has also been increased. According to Streeteasy.com, the price of the two-bedroom, two-bath unit increased $26,000 12 weeks ago. The unit was originally on the market for $739,000 last November, then cut to $649,000 in August, and then went back up to $675,000 later that month.

The Trump Organization has partnered with Sentient Flight Group, a private aviation company, which gives residents of Trump's properties access to Sentient's travel services, including flights on a private jet. "Our goal is to provide extraordinary travel experiences at each of our exclusive luxury properties," Donald Trump said in a statement. Trump clients will be allowed to become a Sentient member for a reduced deposit, which, according to Sentient's Web site, ranges from $100,000 to $250,000.  TRD

• From comments posted this week on The Real Deal's daily blog:
• How about a little wine with that condo?
• Tuesday, November 18: You've got to be kidding, right? Forget about the case of wine and drop the price by $500 a square foot!

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111 Eighth Avenue Lifetime Networks is moving its executive offices to 111 Eighth Avenue, between 15th and 16th streets, where it already maintains some broadcast facilities. The television network signed a 12-year lease for 71,000 square feet on the 11th floor. And, Google is headquartered in the building, and now the company has 50,000 square feet of its space up for sublease for about $80 per square foot.

• 1. Forest City Ratner Enterprises lost 93 percent of its stock value this year [Village Voice]
• 2. Gowanus hotel project hit with stop-work order [Brownstoner]
• 3. More than 25 percent of the 200 off-off-Broadway theaters have closed in the last five years [Crain's]
• 4. Larry Silverstein and Port Authority go to arbitration over World Trade Center site [Crain's]
• 5. Citigroup considering selling parts or all of company [GlobeSt]
• 6. Living in BoCoCa [AM NY]
• 7. Family struggles with mortgage, medical bills [Newsweek]
• 8. Barnes & Noble cuts growth plan for 2009 [GlobeSt]
• 9. New look, prices at 11 Spring Street [Curbed]

Gary Talarico Gary M. Talarico, a managing director at private equity firm Sun Capital Partners, and his wife Linda Filardi spent $10 million on a duplex in a prewar cooperative on the Upper East Side, according to city records published today. The unit, #8/9D at 875 Park Avenue, between 77th and 78th streets, went into contract in May, Streeteasy.com indicates. The apartment has six bedrooms, four bathrooms and a fireplace, according to the listing on Sotheby's International's Web site. Talarico is the head of Sun Capital Partners' New York office. Sun Capital Partners made headlines last year when one of its affiliates purchased Friendly Ice Cream for $337 million. Much of the company's portfolio consists of retailers and restaurants. It own