at the time, was called First Union Bank). He, with his wife and four children, had lived in Charlotte, North Carolina, until 2001, when, thanks to his promotion, they moved to Chappaqua, New York.
They were still unpacking boxes when Harry Macklowe summoned him to his office. “My wife had to unpack the whole house,” Verrone later said. “Maybe this is the reason we're [now] divorced.”
The two men had met at the annual Cooper-Horowitz party in 2001, where Verrone had introduced himself to Macklowe. Macklowe told him, “Show up early at my office tomorrow morning.”
Verrone had stayed sober. He drove home in the small hours to shower and change and immediately headed back to the city to meet Macklowe and Horowitz. “Maybe that impressed [Macklowe]. I don't know. Or maybe I am just good-looking and charming,” Verrone jests.
Wachovia lent Macklowe $125 million for a building at 125 West 55th Street.
Soon after, Macklowe chose Verrone as the banker for the tactical deal on Central Park that was intended to show Eastdil he was a “closer.” As negotiations on that purchase wound down, Macklowe told Verrone about the GM Building.
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