Citizen-journalism gets to the bottom of a Tribeca loft mystery I had a fun weekend diversion, prompted by a question from Tribeca Citizen (the essential Tribeca blog) about someone who seems to have significantly overpaid for a loft at 155…
Tag: Condo Board
Taylor Swift doesn’t care about your “Market Rules”
Tagged with: Celebrities, Condo Board, Franklin, Greene, Ny Post, rational market, Taylor Swift, Tribeca Citizen
is there a discernible market impact to long-running litigation over defects in luxe Flatiron loft development?
some Manhattan loft topics never get old, though they do repeat The story about the 2010 new Manhattan loft development at 141 Fifth Avenue in the heart of the Flatiron district in yesterday’s The Real Deal, Savanna wants claims dismissed…
Tagged with: Condo Board, defect, Due Diligence, Flatiron, Lawsuit, Litigation, New Development, trdny
the baths get a little crowded, as another South Star loft at 80 John Street clears below sponsor sale
possibly related to yesterday’s newsWhen I tweeted yesterday (@ManhattnLoftGuy, of course) about The Real Deal’s article about a relatively new condo suing its developer, I knew I had recently looked at past sales data in that building and noticed an…
did your attorney use The Google for due diligence? would help at 150 Nassau Street
Note to Self …When I see a news article like the one today on DNAinfo in which a city official says there are "imminent safety concerns" over facade work being done at the Manhattan loft building 150 Nassau Street, I…
is publicity hurting 95 Greene Street resales?
[UPDATE – I changed the title and first sub-head just after posting, when I realized my main point was a different one … the perils of blogging!] [a substantive update from June 27 below] even as #4A closes up 13%…
Tagged with: Banks, Board, Condo, Condo Board, Default, Foreclosure, Greene, Haughney, Mortgage, Ny Times
95 Greene Street, deadbeat condo owners, and small building risk
[updated]the inter-tubes are burningChristine’s Haughney’s latest Appraisal feature in the New York Times about war litigation in the condo loft 95 Greene Street has been flying around the ‘net and the twitterverse since it hit the web yesterday afternoon. A…
Tagged with: Banks, Board, Condo, Condo Board, Default, Foreclosure, Greene, Haughney, Mortgage, Ny Times
can a condo board remove a member??
discrimination article, revisitedChristine Haughney’s March 7 Appraisal feature in the New York Times (East Side, West Side, Bias Claims Abound) made a big splash in the inter-tubes, with many comments about the merits (or lack thereof) in the claims by…
shredding the fabric: a building's culture is endangered when financial treason is discovered
long ago Manhattan Loft Guy promise, fulfilledWhen last I touched on the low-life property manager who cheated at least 19 buildings (including “high-end coops and condos” in Manhattan, at least a few of which I know to be lofts) out…
Tagged with: Bassik, Condo Board, Coop Board, Culture, District Attorney, Downtown Properties, Fraud, Ny Times, Social Fabric, Theft
thieving coop and condo property manager pleads guilty
we were speaking of crooks…A soon-to-be-former-NYS-senator was the foil for Friday’s post about a cynical lack of morality within the Manhattan real estate industrial complex (September 17, the (low) morals of the Real Estate Industrial Complex, politics division); today I…
low-life property manager INDICTED
13 properties, $2.1mm … so farWay back on January 30 I commented on Richard Bassik, a downtown property manager who was accused of stealing $2mm from buildings he managed and was featured in a NY Daily News article from January…
Tagged with: Condo Board, Coop Board, Da, Daily News, Fraud, Indictment, Insurance, Managing Agent, Theft
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