Co-op / Condo News: Dog Interviews, Real-Estate Hookers, Beverly Sills, More
NYC: July 12, 2010 — Recent news of note for co-op boards and condo associations.
What's with dogs and co-op boards this week? Three different publications talk about how to get a dog through a co-op board admissions interview. And read about a Central Park West condo association's expensive, but innovative, way of fighting an ostensibly noisy wine bar that's gotten Community Board approval to be in their building. Plus, a co-op board celebrates its building's hundredth anniversary, the late Beverly Sills' co-op is up for sale and are real-estate agents using prostitutes to help sell apartments?
Read all the latest co-op and condo news on 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.
- "Luna Park [Co-op] Reaches for Stars With New Funding Plan" by Josh Barbanel ( The Wall Street Journal)
- "Wine Bar on 62nd Passes, But Lawyers [for Building's Condo Association] are Circling" (Westside Independent blog) and "Central Park West Residents Hire Lobbyists to Block Wine Bar" by Leslie Albrecht (DNAInfo.com)
- "Tenement’s Rich History Is Recalled at Century Mark," on the co-op at 137-149 W. 12th Street, by Albert Amateau ( The Villager)
Buying and Selling...
- "Are Hookers Real Estate Brokers' Not-So-Secret Weapon?" by Joey Arak (Curbed.com)
- "Beverly Sills’s Co-op on the Market" by Elizabeth A. Harris ( The New York Times)
- "How to Get Your Dog Past a Co-Op Board" (BrickUnderground.com), "Some Swanky NYC Co-Ops Require Dog 'Interviews' — Letters of Recommendation Suggested" by Catey Hill (New York Daily News) and "Could Your Dog Pass a Co-op Board Interview?" by Rosie Gray ( The Village Voice)
- "Homeowners Should Run the Numbers Before They Refinance" by Shazia Khan (NY1 News)
- "Get Those Certified Checks to Bid at City Auction" of five co-op apartments and a condo apartment on July 29, by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
Board Issues from Around the Country...
- "What Good Is [a Condo] Board without Directors?" by Mark Pearlstein (Chicago Tribune)
- "Sarasota Condo Evacuated after Deemed Unsafe" by Laura Kadechka (10Connects.com [Tampa Bay, Fla. TV-station site])
- "East Bridgewater Condo Association Learns Hard Lesson" by Amanda Reed ( The Enterprise [Brockton, Mass.])
WebCite archives:
"Luna Park" • "Wine Bar" • "Lobbyists" • "Tenement's" • "Hookers" • "Sills" • "Dog Past" • "Dog Interviews" • "Could Your Dog" "Auction "• "Without Directors" • "Sarasota" • "East Bridgewater"