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The Burlington Coat Factory was in such a hurry to distance itself from a former storefront that's now a highly controversial proposed mosque near Ground Zero that it severely damaged the building when it ripped its old signs off, the property owners charge.
In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, 45 Park Place Partners and 51 Park Place LH LLC say the chain's "animus and hostility to the inclusion of the mosque in the development plans of the building" resulted in the company "illegally and forcefully" removing its massive signs, destroying the owners' property and causing them "economic injury."
The suit seeks a total of $4.1 million in damages.