Weird Twist in Ground Zero Mosque: More Dishonesty
Developer Owns Only Part of the Property :)

Daisy Khan, one of the mosque’s organizers, told The Post last week
that
center. But she claimed ignorance about the Con Ed ownership of
49-51 Park Place and referred questions to Soho Properties, which
bought the building at 45-47 Park Place in 2009.

Rep. Peter King, who opposes the mosque, said the developers seemed to be “operating under false pretenses.”

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“I wonder what else they are hiding,” said King (R-LI). “If we can’t have the full truth on this, what can we believe?”

Sharif
El-Gamal, the head of Soho Properties, first came forward in 2006
seeking to buy the empty building at 45-47 Park Place, said Melvin
Pomerantz, whose family owned the property.

Pomerantz said
El-Gamal eventually raised $4.8 million cash for 45-47 Park Place. El-
Gamal paid an extra $700,000 to take over the lease with Con Ed for the
building next door. The lease expires in 2071.

The two buildings were connected years ago — common walls were taken down — and housed a Burlington Coat Factory store.

Con
Ed said El-Gamal told the utility in February that he wanted to
exercise the purchase option in his $33,000- a-year lease for the former
substation.

The utility is now doing an appraisal to determine
the property value, and it would be up to El-Gamal to decide whether to
accept the price, the utility said. The price is estimated at $10
million to $20 million.

“We are following our legal obligations
under the lease. We will not allow other considerations to enter into
this transaction,” Con Ed said.

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The sale proposal will go to the
Public Service Commission, where it could possibly face a vote by a
five-member board controlled by Gov. Paterson. 

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*** Join SIOA and FDI on Sepember 11, 2010 at 2pm, on Park Place (between Church and West Broadway) as we pay our respects to the murdered and demonstrate against the Ground Zero mega mosque opening on September 11, 2011. ***