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The Stuy Town Decision: A Good Reality Check for New York

Elizabeth Donoghue | Posted 10.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Tenants Rights, Tenants, Real Estate Industry, Middle Class, Tishman Speyer Stuyvesant Town, New York City Real Estate, Stuyvesant Town, New York City Apartments, Peter Cooper Village, New York News
Elizabeth Donoghue

New York is experiencing what the rest of the country is, too: unemployment and hard times. The Stuy Town decision on rent regulation will help people keep their homes in this uncertain era.

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Stuyvesant Town, Peter Cooper Village Real Estate Deal May Flop; Tishman Speyer Properties, BlackRock Realty Advisors Paid $5.4 Billion In Record Sale

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York

Read More: Tishman Speyer, Tenants Rights, Tishman Speyer Stuyvesant Town, Blackrock Realty, Stuyvesant Town, Rent Control, Real Estate, Blackrock, Peter Cooper Village, New York City, New York News

NEW YORK — It was the most expensive real estate deal in U.S. history. Now it's poised to become one of the biggest flops. At the height of the...

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Landlords With Tax-Breaks Can't Charge Luxury Rates: Court Ruling

nydailynews.com | Larry Mcshane | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York

Read More: New York City Real Estate, Metlife, PCV ST Owner LP, Stuyvesant Town, New York Court of Appeals, Rent, Rent Control, New York City Rent, J-51 Tax Break, Tischman Speyer Properties, Luxury Real Estate, Peter Cooper Village, New York, New York City, New York News

In a ruling that could affect 350,000 city tenants, the state's top court said Thursday that landlords getting tax breaks can't charge luxury rates fo...

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Predatory Equity

David Jones | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Evictions, Predatory Equity, Tishman Speyer, Housing, Bank Loans, Peter Cooper Village, Stuyvesant Town, New York News
David Jones

I know it's not nice to gloat, but the recent news of the financial turmoil at Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village is just too good a story of greed and stupidity to let it pass.

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Stuyvesant Town, Peter Cooper Village Buyers Face Default Risk

New York Times | CHARLES V. BAGLI | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Tishman Speyer, Jerry Speyer, Stuy Town Rents, Blackrock Realty, Stuyvesant Town, Rob Speyer, Stuy Town Risk, Stuy Town, Peter Cooper Village, New York News

Three years ago, the sale of the 110 red brick apartment buildings at Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village in Manhattan amounted to the biggest Am...

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Tishman Speyer Victory: Can Appeal Stuy Town Rent Ruling

Crain's New York Business | Theresa Agovino | Posted 05.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Tishman Speyer, Tishman Speyer Peter Cooper Village, Tishman Speyer Stuyvesant Town, Peter Cooper Village, Stuyvesant Town, Business News

Tishman Speyer Properties won a huge victory Monday when it was granted the right to appeal a decision that found it had been illegally deregulating r...

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