France sold the building in the city of New York, for a value of $ 32.5 million

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The French government has found a buyer for the seven-story building, on 5th Avenue in New York, one of the most prestigious addresses in the world, according to the Official Journal published Wednesday.

"Order of the Secretary of State, Ministry of Finance, Budget and Public Finance dated July 29, 2014 authorized the sale in the main office address is 1143 I -5 Avenue, New York (USA), consisting of seven-story" (counting the ground), the we read in the Official Journal.

The publication of the decree means that the buyer was not found and the deal is completed, is said to have the Treasury Department, did not want the final price.

Each sale s approved a property in France by the Inter-Ministerial Committee, ICEM ', and previously published in the Official Journal, says it does.

Inside the three-bedroom apartment with an area of 92 square meters, with five apartments Five-room area of 157 square meters,. Respectively with eight rooms and area of 252 square meters duplex printing

Realtor, for the operation on Wednesday on its website at a price of $ 32.5 million (€ 24 million) Agency and photos in an elegant red brick facade of the building in 1923, the Central Park.

Bercy, of this building was used to house diplomatic staff, is responsible in particular and cultural missions.

Recently the state sold a luxury apartment in New York, this time with 18 rooms at the Park Avenue Duplex $ 70 million. It was the residence of the French ambassador to the United Nations.

For a real thriller series and the current ambassador François Delattre always in search of the residence, after the failure of the acquisition of a new luxury apartment in France.

The purchase will be canceled because the other occupants of the building are concerned, worried and a lot of press both in terms of safety requirements, as the diplomatic immunity of the new owner attached.

The Ministry of Finance estimates that announced in 2014, revenues from the sale of property by the state, the "look better" than last year.

In 2013, these sales were € 391 million, compared to € 530 million, said the initial budget, the Court criticizes the "overrated" income, in view of the failure of certain sales forecasts (former NATO base in eastern France or "marine center" Arcachon).

In 2014, the sales target in the budget with € 470 million compared.

The overall objective Bercy fixed income € 500 million per year through the sale of goods, but warns that sales "of goods" is, at any price not to achieve the goals of the task, "as much as possible as quickly as possible."