Ding, ding, ding!  Another round of the Bronx News Roundup is here with some interesting stories from our the journeymen and women telling the Bronx tale:

A mega-building project is finally in the works for the neighborhood of Melrose, according to the Daily News.   It won’t be until 2015 when residents will see the opening of “La Central”, a 184,500-square-foot building complete with 985 apartment units earmarked exclusively for low-income residents.  Major real estate players are tied to the project, which is still subject to public review.

Speaking of housing, an $18 million class action lawsuit is being filed against a shady real estate firm dubbed “Bad Ass Inc.” for allegedly  building and selling lemon homes to unsuspecting Bronxites, according to The Bronx Times Reporter.   Sen. Jeff Klein is corralling more victims, encouraging them to join the suit.

The Bronx Times Reporter’s Bob “Kappy” Kappstatter recaps a year’s worth of political juice he’s squeezed out of local pols with his “Winners and Losers” column.

And finally an interesting piece from City Limits that explores why big media newspapers avoid covering and circulating within the borough.  The piece names names, focusing primarily on the free newspapers am New York and Metro, who avoid stocking their dailies in subways stations, unlike Manhattan stations that are overloaded with the freebies.

And there goes your Bronx News Roundup for this week.  Be sure to check out the Norwood News…you never know when something interesting will appear!