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Fifty Third and Eighth

Started by MTT53
over 8 years ago
Posts: 0
Member since: Aug 2013
Buyers beware: make sure you tell your agent to get you the correct shower door sizes installed. The shower doors were made too small. Every shower is a water disaster and water damage waiting to happen. Developer was too cheap and installed smaller doors to save money. $1,500 per door to repair. Check yours before you go into contract. It should be 20 inches not 8 inches.
Response by uptownben
over 8 years ago
Posts: 29
Member since: Jul 2016

Has the developer offered to fix your shower doors? Or are they asking you to pay for it?

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Response by hoodia
over 8 years ago
Posts: 154
Member since: Jun 2009

Built in 1979. What more do you need to know before deciding to buy elsewhere?

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Response by CCL3
over 7 years ago
Posts: 430
Member since: Jul 2014

The apartment sizes are an absolute joke. 1040 sq ft for a 3 BR and 850 sq ft for a 2 BR?

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Response by peanutian
almost 2 years ago
Posts: 23
Member since: Feb 2009

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/former-nyc-condo-empire-executive-arrested-for-larceny-tax-fraud-1.2031560

(Bloomberg) -- A former New York executive facing lawsuits over the collapse of real estate empire HFZ Capital Group has been arrested in Miami, charged with grand larceny and tax fraud.

Nir Meir, 48, was arrested Monday, a spokesperson for the Miami-Dade Police Department confirmed. Meir was detained on an out-of-state warrant, suggesting his arrest may be the result of an investigation by law enforcement in New York.
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Meir, the former managing principal of HFZ Capital Group, has been battling multiple lawsuits in New York over his involvement in the once-prominent real estate firm. He’s denied wrongdoing.
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HFZ, headed by Chairman Ziel Feldman, was one of Manhattan’s highest-flying condo developers, known for paying premium prices for coveted land and bringing numerous large projects to the market simultaneously.
But in 2018, while still selling its earlier developments, HFZ unleashed more than $3 billion of new luxury units, essentially competing against itself.
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In early 2021, lender CIM Group took control of four HFZ developments in Manhattan: the Astor on the Upper West Side, 301 W. 53rd St. in Hell’s Kitchen and 88 and 90 Lexington Ave. in NoMad.

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Response by Aaron2
almost 2 years ago
Posts: 1693
Member since: Mar 2012

In a just world, making a bedroom closet only 3'5" wide and 1'10" deep would be a criminal offense (per 19B's measurements). It's not, unfortunately, so grand larceny and tax fraud will have to do.

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Response by stache
almost 2 years ago
Posts: 1292
Member since: Jun 2017

https://www.thechelseaapts.com/?mcb-open=schedule-tour&switch_cls%5Bid%5D=64893

I remember somebody telling me the closets in the original part of this building were not deep enough to accommodate a hanger.

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