> Chelsea Market is an amazing place with great offerings of food etc.

It really isn't. It's a tourist trap, especially with the completion of the High Line. The food isn't good and it's overpriced to take advantage of the tourists.

> As long as this transaction does not ruin the ecosystem of CM then New Yorkers are OK with this transaction.

Like new yorkers' opinions matters in manhattan. The only thing that matters in manhattan are billionaires - whether they be from california, israel, russia, china or anywhere else.