Atlanta Falcons owner sells Buckhead mansion for millions less than he'd hoped to get

[marmar]

By Christopher Seward
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution


Falcons owner Arthur Blank has sold a three-level Buckhead mansion for millions of dollars less than he once hoped to get for the property.

The home in the 3600 block of Tuxedo Road sold for about $3.9 million in a deal that closed Sept. 15, according to recent First Multiple Listing Service Inc. data. The home’s sales price was once listed at more than $10 million.

Efforts to reach the Home Depot co-founder and a spokesman for the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation were unsuccessful Friday.

News of the sale comes weeks after Blank, who also has a residence on West Paces Ferry Road in Buckhead, and his wife, Stephanie, announced they were separating after 16 years of marriage. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.ajc.com/news/falcons-owner-arthur-blank-1192357.html

[DBoon]

1. Life is tough sometimes

(sound of an itsy bitsy violin playing sadly...)

[Initech]

2. Millions less???

:nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity:

[DBoon]

3. Yes, that itsy bitsy violin!

nt

[aikoaiko]

4. these things happen,

:shrug:

[kestrel91316]

5. Welcome to America, Mr. Blank. Stuff happens.

[Ichingcarpenter]

6. If only he had gone to Home depot they have a Christmas sale right now

Kmart, Sears and Home Depot put holiday displays up early
Jaclyn Trop/ The Detroit News

Michigan retailers are pushing their holiday items earlier in the year to compete for shopper dollars and with e-commerce, which is expected this year to steal significant market share from bricks-and-mortar stores.

The International Council of Shopping Centers and the Chicago-based ShopperTrak service say retailers are poised for a second straight year of holiday sales increases — a projected rise this year of 3 percent.

The shopping center council has pegged sales to reach $250.2 billion, the highest total since 2007, when the country went into a recession.


Sears, Kmart and Home Depot were among the first wave of retailers to set up their holiday displays and merchandise during the last week of September.


From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20111001/BIZ/110010321/Kmart--Sears-and-Home-Depot-put-holiday-displays-up-early#ixzz1ZYYnvtyV

[Demoiselle]

7. Frankly, my dear...

I think those Buckhead megamansions are butt-ugly.

[Ikonoklast]

8. Three generations.

That money will all be gone.

[banned from Kos]

9. Blank is an Obama fundraiser from 2008 and the other Home Depot co-founder

hates Democrats.

Go figure.

[Scottybeamer70]

10. awwwwwwwwwww..........poor thang!!!

he'll probably be in a homeless shelter within days!

[neverforget]

11. we need to donate to him so he can still be a millionaire job creator

:sarcasm: