Empire State

Jordan Hayes jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com
Tue Oct 26 15:32:18 PDT 1999



> From: jf noonan <jfn1 at msc.com>
>
> He must have bought in the last 10 years or so -- it used to be
> owned by Harry Helmsley

Helmsley has the lease (and thus the [enormous] cash flow), but Trump actually owns the building. It's an interesting story; the lease is long-term and cheap (like $40M/year?) compared to the sum of the rents to the leaseholder (over $400M/year?).

/jordan



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