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NEW YORK CITY — In a joint venture, FelCor Lodging Trust purchased the Knickerbocker Hotel in Manhattan for $115 million. The property at Broadway and 42nd Street was purchased in a partnership with an affiliate of Highgate Holdings LLC. The hotel is FelCor's third New York property, and its redevelopment will be completed in late 2013. The hotel will include 330 guest rooms, a rooftop sky bar overlooking Times Square and a fitness facility. FelCor also announced it is marketing 16 hotels and plans to use the money from the sales to reduce debt.