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HK realtors under pressure to cut prices amid slowdown

Hong Kong / Bloomberg Hong Kong’s developers, who are throwing in enticements from iPhones to wine coupons in response to the slowest home sales in 25 years, might be running out of gimmicks to stoke demand. Most buyers aren’t biting as property analysts predict prices will fall as much as 25 percent this year after declining 11 percent since September. ...

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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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