Igal Namdar, nicknamed the mall “bottom feeder,” is coming for Midtown office. The billionaire’s Namdar Realty Group is in contract to buy 250 West 57th Street from Empire State Realty Trust for roughly $280 million, sources told The Real Deal.  That’s quite the bargain compared to the $350 million Tony Malkin’s REIT had been asking when it put the 540,000-square-foot building up for sale earlier this year.  But Namdar knows a deal when he sees one. He’s made a name for himself buying up second-rate malls as others rush to cut bait. And now he’s making one of his biggest […]

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