Moinian makes his own case for Liberty Bonds

Call it a developer dust-up over Liberty Bonds. Just as Larry Silverstein presses his case for the tax-free bonds for the new World Trade Center, Joseph Moinian has applied for $147 million in Liberty Bonds to help fund his $240 million, 53-story mixed-use hotel and condo just south of Ground Zero. Moinian’s tower seems to gel more with Mayor Bloomberg’s vision of the Ground Zero area as a housing-office mix rather than mostly office. more [Sun]