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The Bank of America-Durst Organization partnership has received final approval to sell $650 million in tax-exempt Liberty bonds through the New York City Industrial Development Agency to build a new midtown Manhattan headquarters for the bank. Yesterday, the IDA board gave a final inducement to the tax-exempt bonds that the partnership, called One Bryant Park LLC, will use to help construct a 2.1-million-square-foot office tower on 42nd Street. In exchange for agreeing to occupy at least 1.1 million square feet of the tower, the board also approved $38.5 million in sales and real estate tax breaks for the bank and $3.5 million in energy benefits over 35 years.