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The developer of the controversial proposed Islamic community center near Ground Zero insists that the project is proceeding as planned.
"It is untrue that the community center known as Park51 in lower Manhattan is being moved," said Sharif El-Gamal, developer of the project, in a statement released Thursday. "The project will proceed as planned. What is being reported in the media today is a falsehood."
Mr. El-Gamal, founder of SoHo Properties, is one of eight investors who paid $4.8 million for a building two blocks from the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
The statement came following reports that real estate mogul Donald Trump was offering to buy one investor's stake in the property.