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Manhattan’s Property Boom Pushes Landlords to Sell Early

Photographer: Craig Warga/Bloomberg
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Manhattan property owners are cashing out ahead of schedule.

With New York real estate values and rents surging, owners of commercial properties acquired as recently as a year ago are already seeking buyers. In the case of one Midtown site, the developer scrapped construction plans to sell an empty plot of land.