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Mosque building owners nixed $18M offer before taking $4.8M one
NY Post ^ | September 5, 2010 | ISABEL VINCENT and MELISSA KLEIN

Posted on 09/05/2010 4:11:39 AM PDT by Scanian

The original owners of the Ground Zero mosque site mysteriously spurned dozens of higher bids before selling the prime downtown real estate at a bargain-basement price.

The Pomerantz family, which had owned the building since the late 1960s and fielded offers after the patriarch died in 2006, rejected at least one bid that was nearly four times what prospective mosque builder Sharif El-Gamal eventually paid, The Post has learned.

El-Gamal did offer what could be viewed as a sweetener to his $4.8 million bid in July 2009 -- a job as a property manager for a son of the family, Sethian Pomerantz

New York developer Kevin Glodek was livid when he found out the building sold for a fraction of what he offered in 2007 -- $18 million cash -- and wondered whether money changed hands under the table, according to sources close to the deal.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2006; 2007; 200907; conspiracy; elgamal; ericholder; glodek; groundzero; groundzeromosque; gzmosque; mosque; pomerantz; victorymosque
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To: kanawa

loads of bids, one at 18.4 million, one at 4.8 million, gee i think i’ll take the one thats 14 million less.

like hell.


21 posted on 09/05/2010 5:45:51 AM PDT by sunmars
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To: mware
The first offer was not Islamic enough?

Maybe with those accounting practices, is why their culture is still living in mud huts.

22 posted on 09/05/2010 5:46:25 AM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (Professional Politicians are a Threat to the Republic! Remove them on 11-2-10!)
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To: wiggen

Maybe something other than monetary? Like political contributions to certain causes, charities, etc. ? I don’t have the answer but Bloomberg seems extreme in his support in view of all the evidence that this is not a clean deal. I think a good start would be not only an investigation into the property deal and financing, but into Bloomberg himself.


23 posted on 09/05/2010 5:48:25 AM PDT by TommyDale (Independent - I already left the GOP because they were too liberal)
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To: Scanian

“Let’s Mecca deal?”

Nice one. Thanks.


24 posted on 09/05/2010 5:49:30 AM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: TommyDale

Blooming idiot dosen’t want to rock the boat with the Muzzies, his company has a big deal brewing either in Dubai or the UAE. I can’t remember which one.


25 posted on 09/05/2010 5:51:09 AM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (Professional Politicians are a Threat to the Republic! Remove them on 11-2-10!)
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To: sunmars

There’s definitely something wrong here. Taxes are very likely, especially since she was Pomerantz’ widow and had inherited the estate, possibly in the form of a trust, in which case she might have had to pay capital gains taxes that would have been higher than whatever she stood to make. Or maybe there was some other money in a side deal that was funneled off to something else belonging to the widow in a way that would have been below the tax radar.


26 posted on 09/05/2010 5:56:05 AM PDT by livius
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To: bayouranger

That’s true. And then you have odd cases like that of our so-called president, who I think intentionally resumed use of his Muslim name in order to send a message to his Muslim brethren.


27 posted on 09/05/2010 5:57:24 AM PDT by livius
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To: TommyDale

Do you live in NYC? I do. I can tell you he’s arrogant to a fault and never ever admits to being wrong. He chose on the side of diversity or some such nonsense and will hold onto that as long as possible.


28 posted on 09/05/2010 6:03:46 AM PDT by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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To: Scanian

Looks like they took it in the shorts in the real estate bubble.


29 posted on 09/05/2010 6:06:38 AM PDT by Mike Darancette (Socialism is the philosophy of failure, - W Churchill)
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To: mewzilla

BTTT.


30 posted on 09/05/2010 6:20:56 AM PDT by mewzilla (Still voteless in NY-29. Over 400 roll call votes missed and counting...)
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To: wiggen
The Pomerantz family is an interesting bunch...

And speaking of Bloomberg....

Bloomberg's Plea to Build Ground Zero Mosque Related to Bloomberg Business Hub in Dubai?

31 posted on 09/05/2010 6:30:53 AM PDT by mewzilla (Still voteless in NY-29. Over 400 roll call votes missed and counting...)
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To: Scanian

Al Qaeda cash dollars paid under the table? Swiss bank account?


32 posted on 09/05/2010 6:56:32 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: alice_in_bubbaland

This would explain his attitude and blindness.


33 posted on 09/05/2010 7:02:02 AM PDT by TommyDale (Independent - I already left the GOP because they were too liberal)
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To: wiggen

I do not live in NYC but I can tell that Bloomberg is a arrogant SOB.


34 posted on 09/05/2010 7:03:09 AM PDT by TommyDale (Independent - I already left the GOP because they were too liberal)
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To: TommyDale

His arrogance seems to control him. Not a nice man.


35 posted on 09/05/2010 7:19:18 AM PDT by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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To: wiggen

I am wondering if the Democrat Attorney General Eric Holder might not be better rewarded to investigate this case, rather than Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Maricopa County in Arizona. A high ranking Republican New York City Mayor would be a better political victory than a lowly County Sheriff...


36 posted on 09/05/2010 7:22:30 AM PDT by TommyDale (Independent - I already left the GOP because they were too liberal)
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To: Scanian

BTTT


37 posted on 09/05/2010 8:20:24 AM PDT by edge10 (Obama lied, babies died!)
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To: TommyDale
A high ranking Republican New York City Mayor would be a better political victory than a lowly County Sheriff...

Bloomberg is no longer a Republican. He originally was registered as a Democrat, then decided he wanted to run for Mayor but the Democrat primary was crowded, so he changed his registration to Republican, where competition was much less in the primary. After Republicans became unpopular (around 2006), Bloomberg changed his registration to Independent. Currently, he has his face up Obama's a**.

38 posted on 09/05/2010 7:05:49 PM PDT by BusterBear
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To: BusterBear

Whatever his party registration this week, Bloomberg is still a much bigger target for the Attorney General than a county sheriff in Arizona.


39 posted on 09/05/2010 7:10:13 PM PDT by TommyDale (Independent - I already left the GOP because they were too liberal)
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To: TommyDale

He may be a big target, but not for Democrats. The Democrat leaders here (in NYC) are in lockstep in support of the GZ mosque (with a very few exceptions). It’s the Republican candidates for office who have come out against it.

There is very little chance that a Democrat Attorney General (either NY or US) will want to investigate Bloomberg.


40 posted on 09/05/2010 7:24:53 PM PDT by BusterBear
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