her suit had been settled. Although the situation was complex with claims and counter claims, in the end Cesare sold the Fondaco dei Turchi in March 1602 to the Venetian senator (and later, Doge of Venice) Antonio Priuli. This sale marked the transition from private ownership to local Venetian control, in essence to the Republic of Venice. Some sources say the sale took place in 1621.

Under Priuli's control, the building was leased to an operator