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Paul Manafort Son of Former New Britain Mayor and Scion of Construction Family

Matthew McDonald

The indicted former Trump campaign manager grew up in New Britain, Connecticut, where his father served as mayor. Manafort's grandfather, an immigrant from Italy, founded a construction company in New Britain in 1919; while the Republican lobbyist's ties in New Britain are deep, he hasn't spent much time there since he went off to Georgetown in the late 1960s.

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Michael Dell To Buy $40 Million Condo in Boston?

Matthew McDonald

Purchase price isn't known, but the top-priced condominium at the forthcoming Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences at One Dalton in the Back Bay is supposed to be $40 million, and the founder of Dell is reportedly under contract to purchase the condo, according to The Wall Street Journal. The most expensive dwelling to sell in Boston so far is a $35 million penthouse condominium at Millennium Tower in Downtown Crossing, to John Grayken, a private equity firm founder who grew up in Cohasset but subsequently renounced his U.S. citizenship.

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