A tight hustle: TRD’s annual tally of the city’s biggest investment sales firms

It’s not every year that a landmark piece of Manhattan’s skyline trades hands. But that’s what happened last spring when trophy collector Aby Rosen and his partners gained control of the famed Chrysler Building in April.

Even more eye popping was the price tag: Rosen and his overseas backers paid just over $150 million to buy the ground lease controlling the Art Deco trophy tower and a smaller property nearby.