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Lender May Take Ownership of Undersold BAM Forte Tower

  BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC CULTURAL DISTRICT  
  BROOKLYN COMMUNITY DISTRICT 02  
August 13, 2009
Crain's New York Business

On Thursday developer The Clarett Group confirmed that lender Eurohypo Bank may take ownership of the undersold Forte Tower in the Brooklyn Academy of Music cultural district. Only 37 of the 108 units in the building have been sold after two years of marketing. Goldman Sachs has a 75% equity stake in the project. Eurohypo has already received offers from investors willing to purchase units at heavily reduced rates, but the firm will not begin remarketing until it receives approvals from the New York State Attorney General.