Tribeca building sold for $12.5m.The majority of The Cary Building, a landmark pre-Civil War commercial building located at 105 Chambers Street Chambers Street is a street in Edinburgh, Scotland, at south of the Old Town. The street is named after William Chambers of Glenormiston, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh who was the main proponent of the 1867 Edinburgh Improvement Act, which gave permission for the street's in the heart of the TriBeCa South Historic District, has been purchased by 8th Avenue Associates for $12.5 million. Hank hank n. 1. A coil or loop. 2. Nautical A ring on a stay attached to the head of a jib or staysail. 3. A looped bundle, as of yarn. Widmaier, senior managing partner of Helmsley-Spear, negotiated the deal for seller Peter A. Williams. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Widmaier, who will continue to provide rental agent duties at the building, 8th Avenue Associates purchased the 45,600 s/f ground-floor retail space, basement, sub-basement, the second through fourth floors, and the building's air rights. The asking price was $13 million. The five-story Cary Building, constructed in 1856, is one of the most important 19th-century structures in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , as it was one of the first in the world to use a full cast-iron facade facade (fəsäd`), exterior face or wall of a building. The term implies ordered placement of its openings and other features and thus seems inapplicable to a wall without design. . Designed by Gamaliel King, it was originally a department store. "I'm pleased to be staying on as the renting agent for this beautiful historic building of enormous architectural importance," said Widmaier. "It is a designated landmark and a monument of early commercial buildings in New York City which currently features 3,200-square-feet of prime retail space with 55' of front-age." |
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