Vornado goes to Plan B; closing Virgin Times Sq

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Idolator found this 6/5/2008 on www.reuters.com [flag]
By Ilaina Jonas NEW YORK, June 3 (Reuters) - Vornado Realty Trust (VNO.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) executives on Tuesday laid out alternative plans that call for a scaled back redevelopment of Madison Square Garden and the Hotel Pennsylvania, after ambitious projects were killed by government delays and the credit crisis. It also said it plans to close the Times Square Virgin Megastore. ... [link]

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Virgin Megastore Times Square Closing: Really Big Clearance Sale Set For Early '09 [Real Estate]
Published 6/5/2008 by Maura Johnston at Idolator
... Bar Code, which is right next door to Virgin, has been vacant for a few years now—but we have some suggestions! Gawker Media polls require Javascript; if you're viewing this in an RSS reader, click through to view in your Javascript-enabled web browser. Ah, why am I even bothering? It's so going to be a bank, because they're the only outfits left that can pay NYC rents. At least until the economy finally crashes, anyway. Vornado Goes To Plan B: Closing Virgin Times Sq. [Reuters via Racked] [Photo: ...

Friday Business Links: A P2P Lawsuit In Spain, Virgin Times Square To Close
Published 6/6/2008 at Coolfer
... (Bit Player) • FCC chairman Kevin Martin said in a CNBC interview that XM and Sirius are "asking for something extraordinary" when they ask the FCC to set aside the rule that prohibits their merger. "They've come in and asked for us to change that rule," he said, "and they've put forth several different public interest commitments that they would be willing to make." (Radio Ink) • The Virgin Megastore at Times Square will close in Q1 2009. (Reuters) • TuneCore will now distribute a single track for a flat $10 fee. Good for a ...