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Stuy Town: It Depends On What Your Definition of Is Is

Tom Acitelli — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:55:05 -0400

From the New York Post this morning:

To attract new residents, the complex is adding 200,000 plants, 10,000 trees and has put in a fancy new gym. Pets, which were once a huge no-no, are now everywhere. And the complex is offering more free movie nights, cocktail mixers, sports leagues and outdoor events. read more »

You Will Love This Blog

Lysandra Ohrstrom — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:41:34 -0400

Curbed alerted us to a new satirical blog "Stuy Town's Lux Living" written by a resident of the rent-stabilized housing complex as it makes its transition to fully market-rate. Though Stuy Town's new landlord Tishman Speyer is never mentioned by name, the blog does a good job of taking the developer to task with sardonic, over-the-top posts about the gentrification process.

Our favorite post from May 3, "Illegal Immigrants? No way Jose," details the Stuyvesant Town management's effort to keep undocumented foreigners from "raiding the complex" with an "elaborately cloaked, rusty chain link fence." read more »

(Stuy) Town Hall Meeting About Tishman Speyer's Mailbox Surprises

Lysandra Ohrstrom — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:20:05 -0400

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, Councilman Dan Garodnick, and assorted community groups are hosting a town hall meeting on Thursday evening to discuss the issues facing Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village residents.

The non-renewal notices from landlord Tishman Speyer that are allegedly flooding the mailboxes of both legal and illegal rent-stabilized tenants will be on the agenda; so will rent protection for market-rate tenants, roof improvements, and development concerns for the Con Edison site along First Avenue, according to a release issued today. read more »

Broker in Stuy Town, Win a Trip to Cabo!

Tom Acitelli — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:23:08 -0400

The Speyers are pulling out all the stops to lease Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village apartments at market-rate rents.

The leasing office there is offering a free, all-inclusive trip to Cabo San Lucas to the broker who closes the most deals at the mega-complex, according to a report from brokerage The Real Estate Group. The five runners-up each win an iPhone.

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Observer Staff — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 19:00:00 -0500

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Observer Staff — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 19:00:00 -0500

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Stuy Town, Cooper Village Sale Closes

Observer Staff — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:29:17 -0500

Well, it's official: Stuy Town and Cooper Village is a closed deal. So much for all those reports of a snafu.

Wow, that was fast - literally, one month to the October day that owner MetLife agreed to sell the apartment complexes to an investment group led by Tishman Speyer.

The new owner's official word: "Tishman Speyer is honored to become the steward of this wonderful property."

And MetLife's giddy announcement after the jump. read more »

- John Koblin

A New Era in Stuy-Town

Observer Staff — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:15:43 -0400

Tishman Speyer just bought Stuy-Town and Peter Cooper Village for $5.4 billion in one of the largest real estate transactions in American history, and one that could have bog political ramifications in New York.

Met Life has an official statement here.

-- Azi Paybarah