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A VC bought the Flatiron Building and didn’t pay for it

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Re: A VC bought the Flatiron Building and didn’t pay for it

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They could have John Wick stay there...

The Continental, the fictional hotel where John Wick stays, is Delmonico's downtown. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56_Beaver_Street Edit - it's actually another building used for exterior shots, although Delmonico's was used for some interior shots.

It's the very similar-looking Beaver Building/Cocoa exchange: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Wall_Street_Court

Re: A VC bought the Flatiron Building and didn’t pay for it

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A landmark skyscraper held as a tenancy-in-common, a forced partition sale, a rouge bidder, ... some lawyers are having a field day with this.

I was curious about the tenancy-in-common issue. This article [1] provides a nice overview.

1: https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2023/03/28/the-trouble-with...

Re: A VC bought the Flatiron Building and didn’t pay for it

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A landmark skyscraper held as a tenancy-in-common, a forced partition sale, a rouge bidder, ... some lawyers are having a field day with this.

it's always the rouge bidders that do it dirty!

always favor the cerulean bidders!!

Re: A VC bought the Flatiron Building and didn’t pay for it

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post #14

Just visited Flatiron building a few days ago. There’s scaffolding covering the front and sides, are those renovations being done by the existing owner?

It was supposed to be renovated and converted to a hotel, but there was some sort of squabble between the co-owners and it was left half gutted. It was auctioned off then as a dispute resolution.
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