Halstead Property
罗德街(Broad St.)70号
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纪人说，位于纽约曼哈顿金融区(Financial District)中心地段的地标式建筑──美国钞票公司大楼(American Bank Note Building)，以1,800万美元的价格卖给了中国一个建筑公司。这是一幢五层高的花岗岩建筑，与纽约证券交易所(New York Stock Exchange)只有一个街区之遥。这座引人注目的、有着新古典主义风格的大楼位于布罗德街(Broad St.)70号，这里曾经是一个生产银行票据、货币及股票凭证的公司总部所在地。一年前，一个超验冥想组织将这座大楼公开出售。
这座隶属于华尔街大亨名下的大楼建筑面积15,218平方英尺，有数根三层高的希腊式圆柱，去年由纽约地产经纪公司布朗•哈里斯•史蒂文斯(Brown Harris Stevens)的经纪人Danielle Grossenbacher放到市场上拍卖，欲以4,500万美元的价格出售。但上市后不到四个月的时间里，要价就有所减少。一位曾供职于地产公司霍尔斯特德物业(Halstead Property)的商业地产经纪人康威(Stanley Conway)也开始介入这所大楼的出售。
经纪人周一在交易结束时曝光了买家的身份，这是一家中国投资和建筑公司，其支付的实际资金远低于2,550万美元的最后要价。
Halstead Property
罗德街(Broad St.)70号居住区
这座大楼的卖方是世界和平环球国(Global Country of World Peace)，这是一个基金会，由已故的超验冥想大师马赫西•马赫什•友吉(Maharishi Mahesh Yogi)建立。友吉因担当披头士(Beatles)和其它各界名流的思想信仰顾问而名扬四海。
这座大楼原本要作为华尔街高管和投资银行家进行外联活动的总部，为发展中国家的有机农场、医院和诊所的筹集资金进行宣传。
但纽约禅修课程主管霍夫曼(Janet Hoffman)表示，随着时间的推移，这座大楼成了超验冥想的一个中心，并且价格昂贵，难以经营下去。她说，在其他国家出现的财务困难让这座大楼多少成了一个负担。
尽管如此，似乎该基金会还是从大楼的转售交易中赚了一笔。该基金会于2004年以550万美元买下这座大楼，当时纽约的经济仍然处于世贸中心(World Trade Center)双子座倒塌的阴霾当中。
该基金会在纽约工业发展局(Industrial Development Agency)的帮助下，借到了数百万美元，对大楼进行了翻新处理。
基金会发言人罗斯(Bob Roth)说，售楼的收益将再投资到基金会的各项目当中。下个月离这座大楼不远的比弗街(Beaver Street)上要新开一个冥想中心。
这座建于1908年的大楼其基建位置十分狭窄，且三面临街，当时金融机构的大楼建设都采用纪念碑式的结构，以强调其可信度。美国钞票公司(American Bank Note)1988年将这座大楼售出，随后一度被当作餐馆。
Josh Barbanel
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The American Bank Note Building, a five-story granite landmark in the heart of the Financial District, a block from the New York Stock Exchange, has been sold to a Chinese construction company for $18 million, brokers said.
The striking neoclassical building at 70 Broad St., once the headquarters of a company that produced bank notes, currency and stock certificates, was put on the market a year ago by a Transcendental Meditation group.
It was listed last year by Danielle Grossenbacher, a broker at Brown Harris Stevens, for $45 million as a mansion for a Wall Street mogul with 15,218 square feet of space and three-story Greek columns. But within four months the asking price was cut. A commercial broker -- Stanley Conway, formerly of Halstead Property -- shared the listing.
Brokers identified the purchaser at a closing on Monday as a Chinese investment and construction company that paid far below the final asking price of $25.5 million.
Jennifer Lo, a broker at Prudential Douglas Elliman who represented the buyers, declined to identify the company. But she said the site would be used as a headquarters for the company, while three residences above would be used as apartments for executives.
The building was sold by a foundation, Global Country of World Peace, set up by the late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the guru of Transcendental Meditation who came to fame as a spiritual adviser to the Beatles and other celebrities.
It was originally intended to be a headquarters for an outreach effort targeting Wall Street executives and investment bankers to promote fund raising for organic farms, hospitals and clinics in developing countries.
But over time, the building became a large center for Transcendal Meditation, according to Janet Hoffman, a director of New York meditation programs, and too expensive to operate. 'Financial obligations world-wide made this building a bit of a burden,' she said.
Still it appears as if the foundation made a gain on the sale. It paid $5.5 million for the building in 2004, at a time when the downtown economy was still suffering in the aftermath of the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.
It borrowed millions more with the help of the city's Industrial Development Agency to renovate the space.
Bob Roth, a spokesman for the group, said that the proceeds would be plowed back into programs. A new mediation center is due to open nearby on Beaver Street next month.
The building, located on a narrow site with street frontage on three sides, was constructed in 1908, a time when financial institutions put up monumental structures to emphasize their trustworthiness. American Bank Note sold the building in 1988, and it was subsequently used as restaurant.
Josh Barbanel
The striking neoclassical building at 70 Broad St., once the headquarters of a company that produced bank notes, currency and stock certificates, was put on the market a year ago by a Transcendental Meditation group.
It was listed last year by Danielle Grossenbacher, a broker at Brown Harris Stevens, for $45 million as a mansion for a Wall Street mogul with 15,218 square feet of space and three-story Greek columns. But within four months the asking price was cut. A commercial broker -- Stanley Conway, formerly of Halstead Property -- shared the listing.
Brokers identified the purchaser at a closing on Monday as a Chinese investment and construction company that paid far below the final asking price of $25.5 million.
Jennifer Lo, a broker at Prudential Douglas Elliman who represented the buyers, declined to identify the company. But she said the site would be used as a headquarters for the company, while three residences above would be used as apartments for executives.
The building was sold by a foundation, Global Country of World Peace, set up by the late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the guru of Transcendental Meditation who came to fame as a spiritual adviser to the Beatles and other celebrities.
It was originally intended to be a headquarters for an outreach effort targeting Wall Street executives and investment bankers to promote fund raising for organic farms, hospitals and clinics in developing countries.
But over time, the building became a large center for Transcendal Meditation, according to Janet Hoffman, a director of New York meditation programs, and too expensive to operate. 'Financial obligations world-wide made this building a bit of a burden,' she said.
Still it appears as if the foundation made a gain on the sale. It paid $5.5 million for the building in 2004, at a time when the downtown economy was still suffering in the aftermath of the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.
It borrowed millions more with the help of the city's Industrial Development Agency to renovate the space.
Bob Roth, a spokesman for the group, said that the proceeds would be plowed back into programs. A new mediation center is due to open nearby on Beaver Street next month.
The building, located on a narrow site with street frontage on three sides, was constructed in 1908, a time when financial institutions put up monumental structures to emphasize their trustworthiness. American Bank Note sold the building in 1988, and it was subsequently used as restaurant.
Josh Barbanel
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