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Old Post Office building in D.C. is sold

This April 13, 2017 image shows the clock tower at the Old Post Office, a historic building in Washington D.C. (Beth J. Harpaz/AP)
Beth J. Harpaz/AP
This April 13, 2017 image shows the clock tower at the Old Post Office, a historic building in Washington D.C. (Beth J. Harpaz/AP)

The government sold the Old Post Office building in Washington, D.C., earlier this month for $80 million. The building was operated as a Trump-branded hotel during President Trump’s first term. Now it’s a Waldorf Astoria hotel.

Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with Craig Karmin, real estate bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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