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Thursday, July 2, 2009
Two Liberty's famous buyers Hamels, Sambora, haven't bought yet

Real-estate sources keep telling us that neither Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora nor Phillies hurler Cole Hamels, two of the famous names used to market the Residences at Two Liberty Place, actually purchased their condos. They say instead the pair received free leases in exchange for promoting the luxury high-rise.

According to the city's Board of Revision of Taxes, there are no records of Two Liberty condos being sold to Sambora, who has not yet moved into the building, or to Hamels and wife Heidi, who moved into the building in April.

"Mr. Sambora is under a binding agreement of sale and will close as soon as construction is complete on the floor in which his home is located," a building spokeswoman said yesterday.

The building's developer, the Falcone Group, out of Florida, announced in March 2008 that Sambora had paid $3.58 million for a furnished 52nd-floor condo. The building has been using Sambora's pad as a model unit.

In March the Inquirer reported that the Hamelses had paid more than $2.2 million for their 2,700-square-foot, three-bedroom unit. Have they? Asked whether the Hamelses had purchased a condo or had been given a free or discounted lease on a rental unit, a building spokeswoman replied:

"We are thrilled Cole and Heidi Hamels have chosen to reside at the Residences at Two Liberty Place, that they are enjoying life at the Residences and have become part of our building's community," the spokeswoman said.

"They are paying fair consideration; however, out of respect for the privacy of all of our residents and as a matter of policy, we do not release the terms of our residents' agreements of sale until transactions are a matter of public record," the spokeswoman said in an e-mail.

Several real-estate professionals tell us they believe that the agreements of sale that were signed by Sambora and Hamels likely have easy escape clauses in the event that the rocker or the pitcher decide not to buy.

Posted by Dan Gross @ 8:06 AM  Permalink | 33 comments
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Posted 10:03 AM, 07/02/2009
Dutch of N
How much change did you get in your coffee cup? Anything interesting in the garbage cans?
Posted 10:53 AM, 07/02/2009
dar
place is a dump
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Posted 11:09 AM, 07/02/2009
iamnotTHATking
DRB & DoN: some animosity bettween you? Should we get all members of la GROSSa nostra together to hear your sides and send down a ruling? Cole's wife=looker. KING~out
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Posted 11:37 AM, 07/02/2009
Jack Daniels on the rocks
If they received free leases they should report that as ordinary income on their tax returns next year. Good job Dan. Hopefully the city can get some money off of this article because as we all know this city is headed into bankruptcy. On another note, I wonder how the swingers parties are over there?
Posted 11:59 AM, 07/02/2009
iamnotTHATking
DRB-they definitely removed all previous comments under "other" names as all of mine were gong due to visits from that comment removed guy. Spent 10 min breezing thru........"arsss gal" is my all time fave......followed closely by our humble columnist JAMMING with the cast of stomp. KING~out
Posted 12:06 PM, 07/02/2009
Dutch of N
You've already admitted to being this lady's doppleganger and it's much more realistic. http://cbs3.com/bucks/katherine.leese.gerald.2.800190.html It's the "female" on the right. Be careful. It says "Click to Enlarge", but I wouldn't...unless you have one of those modified shoe boxes that allow you to watch a solar eclipse.
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Posted 01:52 PM, 07/02/2009
Dutch of N
Smooth segue, DRB. Maybe you should go back there an write 3 more long-winded comments about your feelings on illegal aliens. Then, after that, without a hint of irony, you can come back here and accuse anyone who does not agree with you as being a "Klan" member.
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Posted 02:20 PM, 07/02/2009
Citizen Rorshach
Friends, let us not bicker among our own ranks. We should be focusing our disdain on those truly deserving, the faux celebrities which inhabit this city. Except for Cole, he helped end the drought so you leave him the f' alone. Sambora...open season.
Posted 02:23 PM, 07/02/2009
Dutch of N
No problem. What's your address again?
Posted 02:25 PM, 07/02/2009
rhysom
Downtown Rosie--go troll elsewhere why dontcha?
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