Co-op / Condo News: (Parking) Spotless, Board President Sabotages Sale, More
Oct. 8, 2012 — Recent news affecting co-op / condo buyers, sellers, boards and residents. This week, a co-op board takes away a parking space from a little old lady with Parkinson's, saying her car's insurance and registration had lapsed — they hadn't — and that the car didn't run ... so they took away the spot while the car was in the garage to, y'know, run. Doesn't sound like the board's running on all cylinders, either. Same might be said on Fifth Avenue, where a co-op board president who lost a bid for an apartment in her building allegedly decided no one else could buy it, either. Plus, Patrick Stewart makes it so with a condo buy in Brooklyn.
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...
- "Granny, 93, Fights Back with Lawsuit After Losing Her Parking Spot" by Barbara Ross and Bill Hutchinson (New York Daily News)
- "Sale of $27.5 Million Fifth Ave. Penthouse Snarled in Lawsuit" by Robert Gearty (New York Daily News), "Board Big Sabotaged $27M Penthouse Sale After Snub: Suit" by Dareh Gregorian (New York Post), and "Co-op President Allegedly Sabotaged the Sale of This Penthouse After Her Own Bid Was Rejected" by Meredith Galante (BusinessInsider.com)
- "I'm Ready to Move into My Sublet, but the Co-Op Board Is Dragging Its Feet" by Mike Akerly (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Ask an Expert: Advice for a "zombieland" co-op" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Co-op vs. Condo: The Differences Are Narrowing" by Susan Stellin (The New York Times)
- "Brooklyn Bridge Park Critics Outraged over Condos with Private Yards" by Natalie O'Neill (The Brooklyn Paper)
- "Blaze in Robert De Niro's Upper West Side [Co-op] Apartment May Have Been Linked to Security Cams or Intercom" rather than dryer lint, as previously suspected, by Barbara Ross (New York Daily News)
- "Actor Patrick Stewart Drops $2.5M on Park Slope Duplex [Condo]" by Jessica Dailey (NY.Curbed.com)
Co-op / Condo Board Issues...
- "Why Don’t More Co-ops Hop on the Condo Cash Train?" by Kim Velsey (The New York Observer)
WebCitation archives:
Granny • Sale • Board Big • Co-op President • I'm Ready • Zombieland • Narrowing • Brooklyn Bridge Park • Robert De Niro • Patrick Stewart • Cash Train