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any word?

As to 285:

The lawyer for Louis Bechtel (the former fed judge who is the receiver) who is in the same law firm as Bechtel asked for an extension until Monday. I agreed to that extension. His reason was that Bechtel was "in and out of town" but that he (the lawyer) had sent the c "approved as to form" and it was up to Bechtel to decide about the price. I think that means the $1.25 million offered is more than the two-thirds minimum but he would not say that. This is all according to Cara Coniglio who has the listing. She seemed encouraged.

As to 1230 SO B:

Christian Angle has called me 4 times in the last week responding to calls from Stephen Ploof who represents Tom Maioli, the owner. The cover story is that Maioli has found something else he wants to buy and to bring in an offer of $5. I told Angle that $5 was too much and that any interest I had would be in the $4 range. I expect to hear. I am waiting to hear a response to that.

As to 410: McCann sent a detailed case arguing that the $6.5 appraisal was not supported by the market two-thirds activity. of The the appraisal marshall he minimum.) deals with There said are he needed no pending some offers. time to work through his system. (There is no

I dont know if you are monitoring this, but Conrad Black was home in PB for a day and that burned up a lot of oxygen but Janjigian and Dargan had a post up about what cars were in your driveway as a way of divining if you were home. A woman called has a post up on The Daily Beast obviously sourced through Reiter and offering quotes from his depo.She called Gerry who spoke to her once some time ago (at their request) when she did a piece on the Fanjuls. She told Gerry that she was working on a book.

Are you doing ok?