Co-op / Condo News: Bad Neighbors in The Bronx, Dakota Discrimination, More
July 9, 2012 — Recent news affecting co-op / condo buyers, sellers, boards and residents. This week, a wonderful new affordable co-op in The Bronx (at left) finds loud, trashy neighbors drinking on the street and throwing dangerous objects from several stories above — and the police don't care. Bet they would if this were 15 Central Park West, another co-op in the news. Plus, why is a Queens condo paying to keep up land the Department of Transportation is supposed to maintain? And for boards, we've the latest on the Dakota's discrimination lawsuit and on two East Village co-ops' no-restaurant policy.
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 or Archive.org.
Co-op / Condo Buying, Selling, Living...
- "Neighbors Struggle to Coexist on Bronx Block After [Solara] Co-op Opens" by Patrick Wall (DNAInfo.com)
- "Boro Condo Pays Upkeep Tab on DOT Land" by Joe Anuta (Times Ledger, Queens)
- "Time Warner Center [Condominium] Moves to Foreclose on Mogul’s Storage Unit" by by Leigh Kamping-Carder (TheRealDeal.com)
- "Appraiser: It’s Very Hard to Judge Property Values" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
- "The Shifting Meanings of 'Confidential'" in New York City co-op / condo purchases, by Alexei Barrionuevo (The New York Times)
- "Ask an Expert: Is a liberal or strict co-op a better investment?" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Prime Minister of Qatar to Spend $100M to Buy City’s Most Expensive Condo" by Jennifer Gould Keil and Josh Margolin (New York Post) and "One57 Says Prime Minister of Qatar Is Not Buying Penthouse for $100 Million" by Morgan Brennan (Forbes)
Co-op / Condo Board Issues...
- "Dakota Directors Can Be Held Liable for Bias, Panel Finds" by Brendan Pierson and Christine Simmons (New York Law Journal)
- "Vacant Avenue A [Co-op] Storefronts Adopt 'No Restaurants' Policy" by Serena Solomon (DNAInfo.com)
Archives:
Neighbors Struggle • Boro Condo • Time Warner • Appraiser • Shifting • Liberal • Prime Minister • One57 Says • Avenue A