Article: Bank takes back 200 Madison. (Security Pacific National Bank bids on New York, New York property)

Although a roomful of people were present for the auction of the last of the Marcos properties, the lender was the only bidder for 200 Madison Avenue and secured the net lease to the 25-story office building for $23.1 million.

Lord Day & Lord, Barrett Smith associate Diane Levine, who worked with Special Master Stephen E. Estroff, said no one even qualified to bid.

"I don't know that we expected that," she said. "But it was an auction situation and it's a tough real estate market."

The ground lease for 200 Madison had been pledged as collateral for a second mortgage on Herald Center. The lender, Security Pacific, foreclosed on the first ...

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