Gary Barnett is firing back against claims that a foreclosure auction tied to Worldwide Plaza is a rigged attempt from SL Green and RXR to wrest control of the property. An entity tied to Barnett’s Extell Development filed court papers on Monday calling the lawsuit by the rival landlords meritless and accusing the firms of a last-minute scheme to block a UCC sale they’ve known about for months. The legal fight centers on a planned January 15 foreclosure auction for the controlling entity of 825 Eighth Avenue, the 1.8 million-square-foot Midtown office complex owned by SL Green and RXR. The […]

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