Sharif El-Gamal threatening to deconstruct condo tower, lender claims
Sharif El-Gamal built a 667-foot condo tower in Tribeca. Now he’s threatening to rip the top of it down,...
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El-Gamal files to raze buildings at “Ground Zero mosque” site
Developer Sharif El-Gamal has filed plans to level two low-rise structures at the site of the long-stalled Park51 development,...
Con Ed moves to evict Park51 developers from Lower Manhattan site
Soho Properties CEO Sharif El-Gamal, rendering of Park51 community center, and 45 Park Place (building credit: PropertyShark) Con Edison...
Post-firestorm, Park51’s latest hurdle is cash
Park51 developer Sharif El-Gamal says he’s “hungrier than the other guys,” and when it comes to available capital for...
Russian chess master bids on mosque site
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the Russian head of the World Chess Federation offered a $10 million bid to buy the Park Place site of the planned mosque and Islamic cultural center two blocks from...
Opponents of mosque divided on appropriate distance — if any — from Ground Zero
Adelaide Polsinelli and 21 Ann Street Hundreds of protesters turned out on a rainy Sunday yesterday, unified by their opposition to a Muslim cultural...
Mosque developer vows to stay the course on plans for Downtown site
Sharif El-Gamal and a rendering of Park51 Developer Sharif El-Gamal has no plans to back down from his most...
Bloomberg denounces mosque critics
Mayor Bloomberg and a rendering of the site As controversy swirls over plans to build an Islamic center and mosque near Ground Zero, Mayor Michael Bloomberg today continued to denounce those opposing the effort,...
Landmarks expected to clear way for Islamic Center
Sharif El-Gamal Board members at the Landmarks Preservation Commission intend to vote unanimously against granting protected status to the...