It was founded by his grandfather, Cord Meyer, who developed Forest Hills and other Queens communities at the turn of the century.

In 1951, Allen W. Dulles persuaded Cord Meyer to join the CIA.

One of his first targets was Cord Meyer, who was still working for Operation Mockingbird.

Completion is expected this month, said Scott E. Mollen, a lawyer and spokesman for Cord Meyer.

"Fancier homes in areas like Cord Meyer, along the Grand Central, average $500,000," he said.

His grandfather, also called Cord Meyer, was a property developer and a chairman of the New York State Democratic Committee.

"The community was underserved in the retail segment," said Scott E. Mollen, a spokesman and lawyer for Cord Meyer.

After graduating from Vassar, she married Cord Meyer, a war hero and idealist committed to world government.

Pinchot met Cord Meyer in 1944 when he was a Marine Corps lieutenant who had lost his left eye because of shrapnel injuries received in combat.

Although this tragedy brought Pinchot Meyer and Cord Meyer closer together for a time, Mary filed for divorce in 1958.