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Single best idea. We'll make it short this morning, with the shock in New York City of what we've all witnessed across the nation. On Park Avenue from the Waldorf up Park Avenue, just past Grand Central Station, heading north, there is the spectacular JP Morgan building. They're beginning to go in. I believe in August you'll see the first employees into the truly spectacular redo the Sir Norman Foster Edifice at mister Diamond's building, the lever House of I
believe nineteen fifty two. Up on the left up to four ninety nine Park Avenue, which is where Bloomberg was for years before we moved one block over next to Bloomingdale's on Lexington and there is Blackstone. They have lost Wesley Leapatner. She was exquisite. She was summa cum laude Yale University in history and took over their most important real estate effort in the recent months. Here's our Miles Miller from three forty five Park Avenue.
One of the people killed yesterday, Wesley Lapatter happens to be a rising star in this industry. As you know, Tom leading the reap the real estate investment fund for wealthy individuals at Blackstone. But it's not just that work she was doing. When you talk about a person who's on the board of the met the Uja Schechter School, this is a person who dedicated their life to helping others. And imagine she's leaving work yesterday and becomes one of those victims.
Miles Miller there and he'll continue our coverage in the coming days. Is the nation in New York City react to this horrific event in the business world today? A historic merger. John Tucker did a great job of giving scope and scale from the heart of the Civil War and the Golden Spike out in Utah over to what we see now with Big seven railroads. What will Warren Buffett do about a merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern from Sea to Shining Sea. Here's a railroad expert, Tony Hatch.
Concessions that could be given could include concessions to Amtrak to make their service better over the Union Pacific portion they brought. I've ridden long haul trains from New Orleans to LA you know, and they're always late, etc. They run once a day, So what kind of You know, it's great if you're a tourist on the eastern side where Norfolk Southern is. You know, that's where we get into the Northeast Corridor. So there are things that Amtrak
could actually get out of this. It'll be curious to see. You know, they're a little rudderless right now at Amtrak, but they will be one of the many stakeholders who are going to come with a place and you know, in a fork in their back pocket, a sharp knife, and everybody will be looking for something.
Tony hatch on an eighty five billion dollar at Merger. We're in on podcasts, on Apple podcasts, on Spotify, and on YouTube podcasts. This is the single best idea