Co-op / Condo News: Soured on St. Vincent's, Mad at The Mark, and More

Read all the latest co-op /condo news for buyers, sellers and board members in Habitat's weekly Monday News Roundup. Also included: Permanent archival links. If a link ever goes dead, you'll still be able to read the backup at WebCitation.org.

 

Co-op / Condo Buying, Selling, Living...

• "St. Vincent's Developer Seeks Access to Neighboring Luxury Condos" and is rebuffed, delaying construction, by Andrea Swalec (DNAinfo.com)

• "Gal Out $4.6M for Rod Rage" after trying to back out of co-op sale, by Bruce Golding (New York Post)

• "On Housing Appraisals, Consumer Protection Agency Seeks Increased Transparency" by Kenneth R. Harney (TheRealDeal.com)

• "Chelsea Condo Development Primed to Be One of the Greenest in the Country" by Jason Sheftell (New York Daily News)

• "Rushmore [Condominium]'s Monumental Legal Woes Mount" by Amanda Fung (Crain's New York Business)

• "Flexible Board Sweetens Deal for $280K 2-Bedroom Co-op in Astoria" by Jessica Glazer (DNAinfo.com)

• "Land-Lease Building Should Be Your Last Resort" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)

• "Only the Driver Gets a Parking Space / A Confrontation Threatens a [Co-op Shareholder's] Lease" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)

• "How to Buy Pre-construction Smart" by Angelina Fanous (BrickUnderground.com)

Co-op / Condo Board Issues...

• "New Candidate Emerges For Upper West Side Council Seat," about a former co-op board president leveraging that experience, by David Freedlander (The New York Observer)

 

WebCitation archives:

St. Vincent's • Gal • Appraisals • Greenest • Rushmore • Flexible • Land-Lease • Driver / Lease • Pre-construction • Candidate