Chinese company buys American Bank Note building

The building, a famous landmark in Manhattan's financial district in New York, is priced at about 85,000 yuan a day, with a Chinese construction company buying a famous landmark building in Manhattan's financial district, New York, at about 18 million US dollars. The area of more than 1400 square meters of the century-old building was sold last year, the price of up to 45 million U.S. dollars, but in the financial crisis, the U.S. real estate industry downturn, it has been a few people.　　The price of the building was gradually reduced to $25.5 million trillion, but the Chinese company eventually hit 70 percent on the basis of the prices, buying about 18 million dollars (about 120 million yuan), about 85,000 yuan per square metre. Yesterday morning, the reporter contacted the buyer of the intermediary company Prudential Real Estate Company, the company refused to disclose the true identity of the buyer, only that this is a construction industry enterprises. The company said it had bought a New York mansion for a Chinese businessman at the start of the year, at a price of $33.2 million.　　The company said the one or two floors of the building would be used for office work, and three floors and above would be used as an apartment for company executives. The American banknote Company building, located at 70th Broad Street, is a five-storey granite building, just one block away from the New York Stock Exchange. Built in 1908, the building is 15218 square feet (about 1414 square meters) and is the headquarters of a company that produces bank notes, currency and stock certificates. The American banknote Company sold it in 1988 and was then used as a restaurant.　　In 2004, the World Peace Foundation bought the building for 5.5 million dollars. As business is unsustainable, a year ago the World Peace Foundation decided to sell the building publicly, with a price of $45 million.　　But at the end of the December 20 deal, the minimum price for the property has fallen to $25.5 million and the final price is much lower. Ventu of this group are according to the legal Evening news American media evaluation 70 percent Chinese companies picked up a big bargain at the beginning of 2009, China's "Home purchase Regiment" to buy a house in the United States, the U.S. media and real estate industry has been very exciting.　　The Los Angeles Times even joked that American property had become a sought-after souvenir for Chinese tourists. ABC commented that the arrival of Chinese investors was not a bad thing for Americans struggling in a messy housing market, when the Japanese "bought New York" When the Americans were really worried, but now it looks like nothing bad, "Welcome to the Chinese people." According to statistics, in the financial crisis, the average U.S. house prices fell by 15%. In this way, the Chinese company can buy the building at 70 percent, which is also a bargain.