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delicate situation。 

it was then that  I thanked my lucky stars I'd gotten that one-page letter of intent from Jack Hanigan. 

With creditors breathing down their necks, Genesco didn't have a lot of time.

Trump confirmed for the Reportor that he'd reached an agreement with Genesco for the property - and because he anticipated building a new tower on the site, Bonwit would most likely be closed within the next several months. 

That was the straw that broke Genesco's back. 

No sooner did Wedemeyer's article appear the next morning than all of Bonwit's best employees began heading over to Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Bloomingdale's to look for new jobs. 

The time between contract and closing is often six months or more. 

In this case, we set it at sixty days. 

Under the zoning regulations, you're required to have a minimum of thirty feet of open space- a rear yard- behind any building . 

he sold all his buildings and came to Manhattan, where he began buying up leaseholds on prime property -- meaning the land under buildings

As the market rose, Leonard became very rich, and with none of the problems of having to run the buildings himself. 

On the theory that in the long run, land prices in Manhattan were headed in only one direction and that was up. 

Leonard wouldn't budge. 

an unexpected bonus

I was reviewing my air-rights contract when I came across a clause that gave Tiffany an option to purchase the adjoining Kandell property with a certain time frame.