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Fresh Direct nets $48mn for Long Island city site

Bloomberg Online grocer Fresh Direct LLC sold its longtime home in the Long Island City section of Queens to a developer, drawing an outsized price for a property in a rapidly gentrifying area, even though it can’t be converted into residences. The 276,705-square-foot warehouse at 23-30 Borden Ave. was sold for $48 million, according to a person with knowledge of ...

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NY’s Fairway on the brink of default as losses mount

NEW YORK / Bloomberg Fairway Group Holdings Corp., the New York gourmet grocery chain that once had ambitions of a nationwide expansion, is approaching default after years of red ink. After gorging on debt to finance its growth plans, the company is now at risk of breaching its credit covenants when its fiscal quarter ends on April 3, according to ...

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Fannie Mae to pay US$2.9bn on Q4 profit

Bloomberg Fannie Mae, the government-controlled mortgage company, will pay the U.S. Treasury Department $2.9 billion after reporting net income of $2.5 billion for the fourth quarter. The company, which was placed under conservatorship along with smaller rival Freddie Mac during the 2008 financial crisis, will have returned $147.6 billion in dividends to the federal government, according to a regulatory filing ...

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