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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

WTC oCCo1~atsith&- _, first claimon offices BY1XK&S Q J&Y NEWS STAR WRITER The landlord of the World Trade Cen- the 22nd floor of the north tower. Silverstein could not be reached fo: comment yesterday, but his spokesman ter towers has promised his former ten- Steve Solomon, did not refute the ants first dibs on space in offices that pledge eventually will be built at Ground Zero bars down the road t ■fil~At'T 40 77V,4V the Daily News has learned. Real estate experts said the offer is Larry Silverstein, who signed a 99-year largely symbolic because it will lease for the twin towers in the summer before any office buildings are be years of 2001, made the promise at an erected on informal the site. But experts also predict Silver. gathering of downtown redevel- stein's property again will be- opment officials on Dec. 19, said come the world's most recogniz- Meyer Feig, who heads an asso- able business address. ciation of former Trade Center tenants. His members are eager to re- 'Combined with all the new transportation that is planned, I think there will be a lot of de- our DTValue Pad over iso channels • digital cable box • turn, Feig said — despite linger- mand,' said Brad Gerla, senior unr ing fears that the new space will managing director at Insig- on screen interactive program guide be a target for terrorism. nia/ESG, a commercial real "After having a such a disas- estate company. Just $49.95/mo. ter; everybody — including the Meanwhile, lower Manhattan ABC " Traarr3.►la~llty"=" 71+: government — will be overcau- planners will convene hearings • AN :.. t Y tious. So I would feel safer being cirin.t on Jan. 13 and Jan. 14 at Pace Rtweo. ~t~. mrwt V Cird there more than anywhere else," LeRy rersteln University to gather public com- A. asv: Yea r ~r said Om Baweja, 41, president of Honor ment on nine new Ground Zero £.At~iw.trir,.~- ,'ur.4.cr,uyt,r y ip c4

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"If my employees feel comfortable, Queens and the College ~ ofArts Center Staten Island. would be willing to go back. But having I Sites in Brooklyn and Long Island are yet to be • CMT fa . ' lived through what we did, I want IOC +~wt k some The corporation and the Port Authori- 16«s*aaM Rn[waki 4 f° assurances,' said Kayvan Karoon, 37, of cNac orld - Karoon Capital Management, a financial ty, which owns the site, will recommend a management company that used to be on single master plan by Jan. 31. W ,._. brMstM l- p1.10 • .• W s -

With Maggie Haberman tom. c., iv o.r rtir;t, rtry _ Back at home on Cedar St. . Chased from their homes by a storm of Ne~nuR C7+erier! `~Mrwretld World Trade Center debris, the tenants have rent-stabilized the closest apartment building to of work themselves. apartments,- did the ~~ F#ryMh t~letrwk - - rMeJrledtaot►' . , Zero were kept out for 15 months byGround Yesterday, many of them gathered in a blizzard of bureaucratic bungling. a dusty loft to thank the person they credit Mus Mudo chotea-4s e6atwidr o1 with getting them back home: Assembly CD•gtailit3 oa Their wait finally has ended. Speaker Sheldon Silver. In recent weeks, anxious and optimis- Last year, Silver (D-Manhattan) pulled tic tenants of 125 Cedar St. received per- the building's management, utility com- mission to return to the 12-story building panies and representatives on the southern perimeter of the city, of various state and federal agencies into one Center site. Five of the building's 23Trade fami- room to resolve the problems keeping the lies have returned. All are expected building closed. move back within the next month. to Electricity was restored, "This has been our home for 22 years," claims were completed and theinsurance building said Ed Serrapede, 58. "It's not like was cleaned by the city Department of En- the normal building in New York City. We vironmental Protection. know everyone here." For his help, Silver was named an hon- The building was one of the first in the orary tenant, prompting him to joke, "As Financial District to be converted from of- long as you keep the refrigerator stocked fices into apartments. The tenants, and I get the remote when I'm here, we'll who get along fine." Greg Gittrich For even more entertaii DTV Premium P; Add HBOmand Cinemaxm plus one additional DTV 1 HDS Wth HBO' you'll set HBO'2, NYC-WTC 000107606