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Occupy Wall Street lands on private property ( so why aren't the owners paying for it?)
CNN ^ | 10/06/2011

Posted on 10/06/2011 11:56:55 AM PDT by Beckett08

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Many of the Occupy Wall Street protesters might not realize it, but they got really lucky when they elected to gather at Zuccotti Park in downtown Manhattan.

Contrary to what most people think, the park isn't a public space; it's actually privately owned by Brookfield Office Properties, which has approximately 18 million square feet in Manhattan, including the World Financial Center. And that's why the group has been able to stay there for 20 days.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: communists; democrats; obama; occupywallst; ows; soros; teaparty; vanjones; wallstreet; zuccottipark
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1 posted on 10/06/2011 11:57:00 AM PDT by Beckett08
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To: areukiddingme1

People need to contact the Property Owners and complain. And demand they pay for the increased police needed.


2 posted on 10/06/2011 11:59:07 AM PDT by Beckett08 ("My Jihad means 'My Struggle' So does "Mein Kampf.")
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To: Beckett08
Contrary to what most people think, the park isn't a public space; it's actually privately owned by Brookfield Office Properties, which has approximately 18 million square feet in Manhattan, including the World Financial Center. And that's why the group has been able to stay there for 20 days.

Even while they're bashing the capitaslists, they're still living off them! They're STILL getting free handouts!

The company should charge them for back rent. I would.

3 posted on 10/06/2011 12:02:41 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: Beckett08
And demand they pay for the increased police needed.

Good point. The property owners insurance has to cover anything that goes wrong, too. If we only knew who they were insured by.......

4 posted on 10/06/2011 12:07:00 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: concerned about politics

Senior Management Team
Name
Position
Phone
RicClark
ChiefExecutive Officer
(212) 417-7063
Bryan Davis
ChiefFinancial Officer
(212) 417-7166
Dennis Friedrich
President& Global ChiefInvestment Officer
(212) 417-7032
Tom Farley
President& Global Chief Operating Officer
(416) 369-2706
Mitch Rudin
President & CEO, US Commercial Operations
(212) 417-7065
Jan Sucharda
President & CEO, Canadian Commercial Operations
(416) 369-6095
Brian Kingston
President & CEO, Australian Commercial Operations
(+61) 2 9256 5159
Melissa Coley
Vice President, Investor Relations
(212) 417-7215

http://www.brookfieldofficeproperties.com/_Global/25/documents/relatedlinks/1687.pdf


5 posted on 10/06/2011 12:09:34 PM PDT by Beckett08 ("My Jihad means 'My Struggle' So does "Mein Kampf.")
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To: concerned about politics

CIBC Mellon Trust Company
P.O. Box 7010
Adelaide Street Postal Station
Toronto, ON M5C 2W9

Tel: 416-643-5500
Toll-Free: 1-800-387-0825
Fax: 416-643-5501
Email: inquiries@cibcmellon.com
Website: www.cibcmellon.com

http://www.brookfieldofficeproperties.com/content/investors-2906.html

any relation to the Mellon that supported John Edwards?


6 posted on 10/06/2011 12:11:45 PM PDT by Beckett08 ("My Jihad means 'My Struggle' So does "Mein Kampf.")
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To: concerned about politics

Someone might want to throw a call into them and ask:

Three World Financial Center
200 Vesey Street, 11th Floor
New York, New York 10281
Tel: 212-417-7000
Fax: 212-417-7214


7 posted on 10/06/2011 12:11:55 PM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Beckett08

The owners are Amish


8 posted on 10/06/2011 12:15:11 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ..posted from the great river road)
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To: concerned about politics

Hey look it is.... George Soros!

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9 posted on 10/06/2011 12:20:11 PM PDT by Beckett08 ("My Jihad means 'My Struggle' So does "Mein Kampf.")
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Lucky?!?

Oh for heaven’s sake, any group that has a newspaper and a bank account set up after this short of a time aren’t lucky. They are planned.


10 posted on 10/06/2011 12:20:29 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Happiness is a choice)
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To: netmilsmom

Soros is a stock holder in the Property Company,


11 posted on 10/06/2011 12:22:35 PM PDT by Beckett08 ("My Jihad means 'My Struggle' So does "Mein Kampf.")
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To: Beckett08

Whoa!!!! Good catch.
Wonder if Glenn Beck knows about Spooky Dude owning the park where the protestors are.


12 posted on 10/06/2011 12:24:35 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Happiness is a choice)
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To: netmilsmom

Need to email him...


13 posted on 10/06/2011 12:27:54 PM PDT by Beckett08 ("My Jihad means 'My Struggle' So does "Mein Kampf.")
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To: Beckett08

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14 posted on 10/06/2011 12:45:07 PM PDT by PMAS
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To: concerned about politics

The property owner is probably afraid of bricks or worse thrown through their windows if they take action. Now that SEIU etc. have joined the battle, the property owner’s lawyers might find a target with money. But with Holder and company intervening to help their ideological and racial brethren, all bets are off.


15 posted on 10/06/2011 12:50:01 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Budget sins can be fixed. Amnesty is irreversible.)
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To: Beckett08

I threw it up on his FB page.
I don’t know if he gets anything from there but if you see it on GBTV, know that it came from you!


16 posted on 10/06/2011 12:50:20 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Happiness is a choice)
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To: Beckett08

From another thread, I believe that if they private owners throw these useless eaters off of their property, they could lose their tax break on the property because while it is private property, it is designated for public use.

Nice catch 22.


17 posted on 10/06/2011 12:54:19 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: Beckett08

Can’t the protesters rent something a little offshore, away from humanity - like Rat Island?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Island,_New_York


18 posted on 10/06/2011 12:56:05 PM PDT by _Jim (Conspiracy theories are the favored tools of the weak-minded.)
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To: Beckett08
People need to contact the Property Owners and complain. And demand they pay for the increased police needed.

Everyone calm down!

Sorry, I needed to get that out. Don't harass the property owners. They aren't doing this willingly.

A lady posted a couple of days about this: she was actually able to contact the property management company. They told her that the protesters are taking advantage of a loophole in the law. The property owners can't kick them out, and the police won't.

Other posters speculated that the city gives the owners something in exchange for maintaining a "public space", and that as long as they aren't breaking any law, they can't be removed.

The property management is looking for some rationale to do so, and was interested in any statements of violent intent. That might give them what they need to force the police to act.

I couldn't find the article, though. Anyone else remember it?

19 posted on 10/06/2011 1:01:04 PM PDT by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
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To: Beckett08
Hey look it is.... George Soros!

Read through the entire page. It says that Soros has sold his holdings in that country, and as of 6/30, owns 0 shares.

20 posted on 10/06/2011 1:03:42 PM PDT by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
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