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Silverstein Properties Inc.


United States, Business Org    (1957 to present)
• Commercial real estate developer, specializing in New York City office buildings (See: Company profile)
• 1980 : Purchases the historic Equitable Building at 120 Broadway, New York City
• 1984 : Built 47-story office tower "World Trade Center 7" (Salomon Brothers building), completed in 1986 (See: Company history)
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Silverstein, Larry A.   (Founder of, 1957 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Founder and Chairman
• 2002-11 : On PBS documentary "America Rebuilds", Silverstein admits that WTC 7 was "pulled" on 2001-09-11. This is an industry term for a controlled demolition. (See: Killtown article)
World Trade Center attack 2001   (Player of, 2001-09-11) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Silverstein Properties collected a total of $5B in insurance money for the WTC buildings damaged or demolished in the attack
• 2007-05 : Article on Silverstein insurance settlement (See: SwissInfo article)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey   (Client of, 1980 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1980-12 : Port Authority contracts with Silverstein Properties to build and operate WTC 7 office building
• 1986 : Silverstein Properties completes construction of WTC 7
• 1998 : City tax dispute involving WTC 7 lease and maintenance agreement
• 2001-04 : Silverstein awarded 99 year lease on World Trade Center complex
• 2001-07 : Press release on finalization of the 99 year lease of the WTC to Silverstein and Westfield