Co-op / Condo News: No Crunch in Tribeca, No Cablevision in Co-op City
Jan. 13, 2014 — Recent news affecting co-op / condo buyers, sellers, boards and residents. Lots of board news this week, as a condo board in Tribeca files a lawsuit to keep a Crunch gym out of its building, and the co-op board of Co-op City fails to have its residents pass a five-year cable-TV lock-in with Cablevision. Experts answer whether a co-op board can force out a registered sex offender, and whether a building might gain air rights anew after selling them years ago. Plus, co-op prices go down, condo prices go up, and Drew Barrymore buys an apartment.
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 Board Issues...
- "Luxe Tribeca Condo Battles Crunch Gym" by Adam Pincus (TheRealDeal.com)
- "Co-op City Fails to Muster Support for [Five-Year Bulk] Cable Deal [with Cablevision]" by Denis Slattery (New York Daily News)
- "Ask an Expert: My Neighbor's Son Is a Registered Sex Offender. Can We Kick Him Out of the Co-op?" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Air Rights: A Cash Bonanza?" by Ronda Kaysen (The New York Times) See also Habitat article "Selling Your Building's Air Rights: Easy Money That's Not Pie-in-the-Sky"
Co-op / Condo Buying, Selling, Living...
- "Manhattan Cool-Down" in co-op sales prices, whereas condo prices are up, by Robert Milburn (Barron's), and "Prices Fall on Still-Pricey High-End Co-ops; Everything Else Gets More Expensive" by Chris Pomorski (The New York Observer)
- "Sellers: Here's How to Get a Fair Appraisal in a Rising Market" by Tripp Whetsell (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Weighing the Pros and Cons of Hybrid Mortgages" that are fixed-rate for a period than turn adjustable, by Kenneth Harney (TheRealDeal.com)
- "Drew Barrymore Makes It Past Co-op Board in 830 Park" by Jeremiah Budin (NY.Curbed.com)
WebCitation archives:
Crunch Gym • Co-op City • Ask an Expert • Air Rights • Cool-Down • Prices Fall • Fair Appraisal • Hybrid Mortgages • Drew Barrymore