23.12.2010 - Google's Christmas gift to NYC real estate: $1.9 bln in cash
From AFP: Google said Wednesday that it had purchased an 18-story building in New York to house its more than 2,000-strong workforce in the city. Google did not announce a purchase price for the building at 111 Eighth Avenue in the Chelsea neighborhood but the New York Post put the cost at 1.77 billion dollars. The newspaper said the final price, including transfer taxes and assorted other fees, could be 1.9 billion dollars..............................................Full Article: Source
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