Co-op / Condo News: Co-op Board vs. 73-Year-Old with Parkinson's, and More
March 31, 2014 — Recent news affecting co-op / condo buyers, sellers, boards and residents. This week, a co-op board didn't want to let a diabetic senior with Parkinson's disease have air conditioners since, really, what's more important? Your life and health or your building's aesthetic profile? Elsewhere, a hedge-fund giant wants what he wants at his condo's pool — but can he fight the condo's moms and win? In Tribeca a gym is out, in Greenwich Village Philip Seymour Hoffman's last apartment is on sale, and in NoMad — yes, NoMad, that's a thing — there's a high-tech condo called Huys, pronounced "house." Plus, here's what'll happen at your own apartment huys if workers go on strike.
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...
- "Dan Loeb Got in a Fight with the Moms in His [Condo] Building over the Swimming Pool Temperature" by Julia La Roche (BusinessInsider.com)
- "What You'll Live Without If 30,000 Building Staffers Go on Strike" by Lucy Cohen Blatter (BrickUnderground.com)
- "High-Tech Condo" in Manhattan, Huys (Constructech)
- "When Buyers Say: Tear Down This Wall," on combining co-op or condo units, by Lisa Selin Davis (The Wall Street Journal)
- "Six Real Estate Mistakes and How to Avoid Them" by Amy ZImmer (DNAInfo.com)
- "Philip Seymour Hoffman’s [Condo] Apartment on the Market" by by Jennifer Gould Keil (New York Post)
Co-op / Condo Board Issues...
- "Judge Orders Co-op Board to Allow Air Conditioning Installation" at apartment of diabetic 73-year-old with Parkinson's, by Julia Marsh (New York Post)
- "Crunch Gym is Out at 140 Franklin" after dispute with condo board, by Lauren Elkies Schram (The New York Observer)
- "Hoboken Man Back in Court Soon over Condo Association Trying to Kick Him Out of Basement Apartment" by Mike D'Onofrio (The Jersey Journal)
WebCitation archives:
Dan Loeb • Strike • High-Tech • Six Real Estate Mistakes • Philip Seymour Hoffman • Judge Orders • Crunch • Hoboken