Streetview of 98 Montague Street, Map data © 2019 Google

A historic Brooklyn Heights hotel once dubbed the “Waldorf-Astoria of Brooklyn” has sold for $100 million, with plans to convert the storied property into residences. The iconic Hotel Bossert, located at 98 Montague Street, was acquired by real estate investment and development firm SomeraRoad, according to city records registered Wednesday and first reported by Crain’s . In a statement to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle , the firm said it “plans to honor the property’s rich history and to restore and reopen the building as residences.”

The property was previously owned by the Chetrit family, a prominent real estate group that also once owned—and lost—the iconic Chelsea Hotel. In February, the family lost the Hotel Bossert to foreclos

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