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In its effort to spur development, the Giuliani administration is considering allowing Republic National Bank of New York to begin work on a 250,000-square-foot extension before the land-use approval process completed,
The city "is sympathetic" to Republic's desire to begin foundation work on the 17-story extension to its Fifth Avenue headquarters complex, says a Buildings Department spokesman. "The mission of the Buildings Department is not to stand in the way of development."
To begin excavation,...