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It's the second-biggest in the city's history after the GM building in 2008, which went for 2.8 billion (https://nypost.com/2018/02/06/the-history-behind-googles-mas...). The current record for a single transaction is the Stuy Town purchase in 2015 for 5.4 billion (https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/19/nyregion/dollar5-45-billi...), but that was more than one building.

Because it's not really news? Google has been growing in Chelsea for years.

> it's not really news?

Yes, it is. It's a large deal for a large plot of land in the centre of a neighborhood legendarily protective of itself.

Not wanting to lose commission?