Big US towers going cheap in distressed market
The 40-story skyscraper sits on a prime corner in the country’s wealthiest commercial market, steps from the Museum of Modern Art and a few blocks from Rockefeller Center and Central Park.
It recently sold for $100,000.
The 1330 Avenue of the Americas building — which sold for close to $500 million three years ago — was auctioned last month for the minimum to a Canadian pension fund unit after owner Harry Macklowe defaulted on a $130 million loan.
* Full story available on The Associated Press
