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dc.contributor.authorSpencer, Jason L.
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-04T19:34:53Z
dc.date.available2020-09-04T19:34:53Z
dc.date.issued2015-06-01
dc.description.abstract[Excerpt] Buildings are constructed for certain purposes, and the buildings of today are more practical, from the standpoint of the man who is in them than the older buildings. […] We are considering effort and convenience much more than appearance or effect. -Raymond Hood, architect of Rockefeller Center. Roark looked across the river at the shell of the unfinished building on an unusually cold April morning in Metropolis. The building, originally designed to be the signature property of an elite hotel company, sat partially finished on the south bank of the Metropolis River. As Roark looked at the building, questions raced through his mind: Was the unfinished building an opportunity or just a waiting nightmare? If his company purchased the building, how should it be completed and as what?
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dc.identifier.other7162083
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/70745
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.rightsRequired Publisher Statement: © Cornell University. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.
dc.subjectCornell
dc.subjectreal estate
dc.subjectrelated
dc.subjectrelated group
dc.subjectmetropolis
dc.subjecthotel
dc.subjectretail
dc.subjectcondominium
dc.subjectcolumns
dc.subjectchicago
dc.subjectabandoned
dc.subjectconstruction loan
dc.subjectdefault
dc.subjectdistressed
dc.subjectopportunistic
dc.subjectopportunity fund
dc.subjectbank
dc.subjecttower
dc.subjectconstruction
dc.subjectrenovation
dc.subjectfinish
dc.titleThe Troubled Tower
dc.typearticle
local.authorAffiliationSpencer, Jason L.: Cornell University
schema.issueNumberVol.13

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