Famous Last Words
Joe Beninati, one of two co-founders of Antares Development Group (or whatever they call themselves) is quoted in the New Yorker article I mentioned earlier as being delighted to be renting to hedge fund companies in Greenwich and is remarkably sanguine about his continuing prospects of renting out office space at $150 a foot. Speaking of his tenants he says, “rent is as insignificant to these guys as the lunch bill.”
He may be right but I've heard those same rosy sentiments about Greenwichites' indifference to cost before, usually just before the latest group of pigeons goes broke and no one else is willing to step in to take their place. I'm not accusing Mr. Beninati of being stupid or anything, but I did notice, in reading the New Yorker article, that he and his partner met while each was doing "post-graduate work" at Choate. I thought that sort of educational detour was reserved for football players who flunked their SATs.