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, heard, not, know for a fact. The foundation of the bludiing was condemned as structurally unsound by the NYC Dept. of Buildings. The owners wanted to keep the original bludiing as it was. Then, several politicians allegedly offered to make the problem go away for a small fee. The owners refused. The cost of repairing the foundation was prohibitive, and the owners were compelled to sell the property to somebody with the means to demolish and replace it with something structurally sound. An Arby's franchise owner was looking for a local site and bought it.Rather than look at Arby's for fault (as much as I don't like Arby's), maybe the fault lies with the last or previous owners of Niedersteins for not maintaining the bludiing's integrity. I'm speculating and don't have an inside track, but this is based on information I heard. Make of it what you will.

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