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Harry B. Macklowe, the billionaire who has two loves

2022-05-02T12:19:10.328Z


PORTRAIT – At 85, this New York promoter who blew the General Motors tower from Donald Trump in 2003, will disperse his collection of contemporary art. A sale whose amount should exceed that of the Rockefeller collection.


When you were one of the biggest promoters in New York, when you promised yourself to crush Donald Trump in the 1980s and when you are a fan of brilliant blows, no question of settle down and enjoy a peaceful retirement, even at age 85.

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This is how Harry B. Macklowe remains present on all fronts.

If his detractors readily portray him as an unscrupulous businessman and criticize some of his New York buildings for their questionable architectural interest, everyone recognizes his flair.

It was he who blew the General Motors tower from Donald Trump in 2003 for 1.4 billion dollars, he again who bet on the success of the first Apple Store in one of his buildings.

At the height of its glory, it had acquired seven skyscrapers simultaneously in 2007 for nearly 7 billion dollars before losing very big with the financial crisis of 2008.

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This does not prevent him from staying on very big shots.

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Source: lefigaro

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