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Buyers at 111 Central Park North, what the Post dubs Harlem's "most expensive condo," are unhappy about a McDonald's making it way into the ground floor retail space. The Post reports, "Aghast at the potential grease stench, rodents, loitering and trash, not to mention plummeting property values, some say they would rather chip in and rent or buy the ground-floor space themselves than have the golden arches move in." Condo board president Gary Davis put it bluntly, "There's a stigma to... a luxury building having McDonald's as a retail tenant," and noted that many residents have terraces, "There would be a concern that every time you're out there, you would be kind of overwhelmed by a McDonald's smell or any fried food." The ground floor space's owner Tom Shapiro tells the Post if McDonald's moves in, "he...envision[s] a more upscale version of McDonald's similar to one in a Philippe Starck-designed condo on 23rd Street. That outlet has padded banquette seating, fancy light fixtures and a flat screen TV." Of course, that McDonald's was also derided.