Category Archives: Gramercy

Hedge Fund Makes Stuyvesant Town Situation Worse

As if the tenants of Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town didn’t already have enough weighing on them, a hedge fund has gone and added another wrench to the out of control financial situation surrounding the 110 building complex. The hedge fund in question, Appaloosa Management, carries a large portion of the debt accumulated by the sharp decrease in the value of the property, thanks to 2006 buyers Tishman Speyer and Black Rock Realty’s gross overestimation of their ability to deregulate rent stabilized apartments and raise the rents to market …

Posted in → East Village, Gramercy, Headline

Bloomberg: The City Won’t Back Stuy Town Tenants

Back in 2006, tenants of the behemoth Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village complex submitted a bid to buy their homes during the real estate bubble. Mayor Bloomberg denied the opportunity to do so; instead, the 110 building complex went to Rob and Jerry Speyer of Tishman Speyer, who paid $5.4 billion for the property.
Fast forward four years, and the tenants are back where they started. Tishman, who bought Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village with the intent of deregulating apartments and raising the formerly rent-stabilized prices to market rate, are millions …

Posted in → East Village, Gramercy, Headline
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