• After cannabis crackdown, landlords cope with padlocked
stores,
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    After cannabis crackdown, landlords cope with padlocked stores

    When New York enacted a law to create a legal cannabis industry, it took nearly two years to set it up. The first legit dispensary didn’t open until December 2022, and things continued to move like molasses. Aggressive entrepreneurs rushed into the void. Smoke shops popped up across New York City, w

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  • Eli Karp sues attorney Leo Jacobs for malpractice,
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    Eli Karp sues attorney Leo Jacobs for malpractice

    Eli Karp is accusing his former lawyer of bilking him for a year while shirking his legal duties. The Hello Living developer filed a malpractice lawsuit against attorney Leo Jacobs, whom he accused of failing to get a judge to drop a $16 million judgment tied to a foreclosure of a 55-unit apartment

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  • London club operator buys Meatpacking industrial building
for $100M,
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    London club operator buys Meatpacking industrial building for $100M

    Pending approval from the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission, the new owners plan to convert the former safe and lock factory into the first international location of the London private club, Annabel’s.  Caprice Holdings, a unit of Abu Dhabi-based DIAFA, purchased the historic five-story Herri

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