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Durst sells Jimmy’s Corner site to Ben-Josef
May 5, 2026
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Lawmakers and office denizens have been rallying in support of Jimmy’s Corner, a well-known Times Square dive bar facing eviction. Now, an affiliate of the Durst Organization has closed on a sale of the site and others to Ben-Josef Holdings for 20.1 million, The Real Deal has learned. The buyer, Ronen Ben-Josef’s Ben-Josef Holdings, appears to be creating an assemblage on the block.
An entity of the company purchased both 136 West 44th Street, a development site, and 140 West 44th Street, a three-story building that is the site of the bar, along with development air rights from 142 West []This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.
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