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Gary Barnett Buys Friars Club Building for $19M

Developer Gary Barnett’s Extell Development has purchased New York City’s former home of comedy, the Friars Club building at 57 East 55th Street, for $19 million, sources told Commercial Observer. The

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Developer Gary Barnett’s Extell Development has purchased New York City’s former home of comedy, the Friars Club building at 57 East 55th Street, for $19 million, sources told Commercial Observer.

The sale of the landmarked building closed April 23.

The five-story, 14,541-square-foot interior of the building is not landmarked, but was jam-packed with memorabilia, stained […]

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