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Last week’s $90,000,000 sale of the Dime Savings Bank in Downtown Brooklyn will pave the way for the borough’s tallest tower yet. Click through to read why at least one reader is excited …

Comment of the Day

This is great news, build baby build!!! that is the only way to provide much needed housing and bring down the cost of housing for everyone when these builders overbuild (which they inevitably do).

— design4life in Sale of Dime Savings Bank Officially Closes: Brooklyn, Prepare for Your Tallest Tower Yet

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