Category: Community Living

Picture this: You’ve lived in your apartment for 15 years and now you’re ready to move.  You love the kitchen you put in when you moved in,  but now it’s a little tired.   So what do you do?  Do you spend the money to renovate and offer yo…

Opponents of an Upper East Side condo project are asking the city to squash the developer’s plans to build it, claiming that the developer is trying to circumvent zoning rules so it could make the luxury tower higher. Developer DDG is buil…

In New York City, the real estate game is hard fought and won by aggressive players. Everyone wants a piece, from developers to buyers. So when space -- a rarity in the crowded metropolis -- becomes available, it gets used. Interestingly,…

Occupying a dense city like New York can make for strange bedfellows. Parties that wouldn't ordinarily mesh often must do so simply for the sake of space being at such a premium. And sometimes it works. For instance, The Odd Couple is a…

In movie industry parlance, New York City’s Second Avenue subway line was in ‘development hell’ for almost 100 years—as many Upper East Siders who ride the very crowded Lexington Avenue lines daily know first-hand. Plans for a new line were…

Over the past few months there have been several interesting and insightful court decisions. Here are a few legal cases that provide some helpful lessons for boards and managers alike. 19 Pond, Inc., et al. v. Goldens Bridge Community Asso…

Once upon a time, real estate auctions were solely for troubled properties.  While the conventional stereotype of an auction is that of a vehicle to move distressed properties, the old scenario no longer strictly holds true.  Today, real es…

The city that never sleeps: That’s New York, and it turns out it’s one of the things that its residents adore most about it. It’s also one of the things they hate. Along with the convenience, access and availability to just about everything…

For as long as people have been living in close proximity, the issue of maintaining relations has been an important one. A good neighbor is a lot of things: sensible, reliable, understanding. But humans can be touchy beings, and when we’re …

Not only does New York never sleep, it doesn’t even pause for long, especially when it comes to the construction of residential real estate. While the rate at which new buildings are developed ebbs and flows depending on the strength of the…