Real-estate developer Extell nearly caused a major steam-main explosion while building a $2 billion luxury downtown highꦑ-rise and so should pay for the damage, Con Edison says.
The utility giant filed a Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit “on behalf o🍌f its innocent rate-paying steam customers for the approximately $4 million that was spent to repair the damaged portion of the steam system and restore the steam system to a safe and reliable service” at 250 South St.
♋The suit says Extell was warned by its own engineers that its excavation work for the 80ﷺ0-unit tower was perilously close to Con Ed’s underground network of steam pipes.
Still, the digging caused two joints to leak.
A rep for Extell said, “W🍰e deny these allegations and it is under revie꧋w.”