Tycoon buys NYC building

A YOUNG Limerick property tycoon has joined forces with JP McManus to buy a Manhattan property which houses one of New York’s most fashionable stores, in a deal worth $80 million (€62m) deal.

Aidan Brooks from Red House Hill, Patrickswell, along with McManus and John Magnier, have purchased a New York building which houses Ralph Lauren’s flagship US store.

Brooks, who is in his 30s, has a property portfolio in Limerick, London and New York.