TROY DAILY ON BLOCK; PART OF ESTATE SALE MANY BUYERS REPORTED INTERESTED.(Local)

Byline: Nancy Hass Business writer

The Troy Record newspapers will be sold as part of the $600 million estate of Cleveland communications magnate Samuel A. Horvitz, an Ohio probate court has ruled.

All the assets of the estate - which includes four other newspapers, several radio and television stations, a construction company and Florida real estate - must be liquidated, the judge ruled Thursday. The profits will be divided equally among Horvitz's three sons during the next five years.

Cuyahoga County Probate Judge Francis J. Talty ruled Friday the sub-trusts of the sons, Harry R., William D. and Leonard C. Horovitz, and their families cannot own …