In admiration of net-friends in Australia this teaser asks for
reader response:
Lady Mary Fairfax, bereaved widow of Sir John Fairfax --
himself a plus or minus billionaire lately of Sidney -- intends
to purchase a magnificent space at the top of The Pierre in NYC
for, give or take a few shillings, $12 million, 12-15,000 SF of
ballroom space on two plus floors, 30' ceilings, panoramic
views of Manhattan and Central Park, to be a modest pied a
terre.
Contract negotiations for architect of the swank project are
underway with this writer, tongue hanging out, madly faxing to
Honorable Mr. Gleeson in Sidney, sober financial rep of the
Lady and rightly suspicious of all things NY.
Meanwhile attorneys for The Pierre and the fair lady are in hot
though congenial dispute about condition of the unit and final
purchase price and who pays for what to make the space legal
for occupancy. Millions are at stake.
Keeper of the keys to actual condition of the spaces and their
standing with municipal authorities? The candidate architect,
also architect to The Pierre, in possession of intimate
knowledge of long-suffering building and who should pay for
what if the truth be known.
Lady Fairfax and Chairman of The Pierre board jointly assure
the architect that he must do what is fair to both parties and
that he is absolutely trusted to do the right thing (wink,
wink). Attorneys for both sides are totally paranoid about the
architect, but with frightening smiling faces, ready to
slaughter him for failure to favor their separate clients.
Ready to pounce also: Gruzen and Partners as alternative
architect for either client in case this architect crumples, as
fervently hoped. Gruzen rep, working both sides, is pumping
architect for insider information and feeding it selectively to
Fairfax group covertly and telling The Pierre group about it
covertly.
Whom does upright utterly fair-minded architect serve, seller
or buyer or both? Who will offer him the grandest deal to
whisper what to whom and how should it be handled? What
finally happened?
Does anyone Down Under want to tell what happened here to
innocent Lady Fairfax, including anything beyond what was
reported in the unfair-minded media?
Only Design-L persons will be allowed to see the story here,
please, not for publication.
reader response:
Lady Mary Fairfax, bereaved widow of Sir John Fairfax --
himself a plus or minus billionaire lately of Sidney -- intends
to purchase a magnificent space at the top of The Pierre in NYC
for, give or take a few shillings, $12 million, 12-15,000 SF of
ballroom space on two plus floors, 30' ceilings, panoramic
views of Manhattan and Central Park, to be a modest pied a
terre.
Contract negotiations for architect of the swank project are
underway with this writer, tongue hanging out, madly faxing to
Honorable Mr. Gleeson in Sidney, sober financial rep of the
Lady and rightly suspicious of all things NY.
Meanwhile attorneys for The Pierre and the fair lady are in hot
though congenial dispute about condition of the unit and final
purchase price and who pays for what to make the space legal
for occupancy. Millions are at stake.
Keeper of the keys to actual condition of the spaces and their
standing with municipal authorities? The candidate architect,
also architect to The Pierre, in possession of intimate
knowledge of long-suffering building and who should pay for
what if the truth be known.
Lady Fairfax and Chairman of The Pierre board jointly assure
the architect that he must do what is fair to both parties and
that he is absolutely trusted to do the right thing (wink,
wink). Attorneys for both sides are totally paranoid about the
architect, but with frightening smiling faces, ready to
slaughter him for failure to favor their separate clients.
Ready to pounce also: Gruzen and Partners as alternative
architect for either client in case this architect crumples, as
fervently hoped. Gruzen rep, working both sides, is pumping
architect for insider information and feeding it selectively to
Fairfax group covertly and telling The Pierre group about it
covertly.
Whom does upright utterly fair-minded architect serve, seller
or buyer or both? Who will offer him the grandest deal to
whisper what to whom and how should it be handled? What
finally happened?
Does anyone Down Under want to tell what happened here to
innocent Lady Fairfax, including anything beyond what was
reported in the unfair-minded media?
Only Design-L persons will be allowed to see the story here,
please, not for publication.