Former mayor Applebaum drops appeal, can't sell real estate

Former Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum dropped his appeal of a decision that prevents him from selling real estate after his request to have the case postponed was denied on Tuesday.
Applebaum was a real-estate agent before he became borough mayor of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and later Montreal’s interim mayor in 2012.
He was arrested in 2013 and charged with accepting more than $55,000 in bribes related to Project Troie — a plan to build student residenc