In my New York City neighborhood, brutalist architecture forms the residential foundation. Buildings planned and built in the 1970s were brutalist in design, a style
Tag: Westview
Stupid, Stubborn or Incompetent? RIOC Invites New Penalties
Stupid, stubborn or incompetent? With RIOC, it’s often hard to tell, but we discovered a case which may cover all three. And net over $100,000
Holiday Best Wishes from Westview
One of Roosevelt Island’s biggest stories in 2021 was Westview’s reaching the final stage of privatization, welcoming home ownership and income stabilization to the community.
Westview Sales Gallery Opens. New Buyers Wanted
The Westview Sales Gallery opened yesterday, a welcome storefront for residents and newcomers eager for the pleasures of a new, extra roomy home on Roosevelt
Westview’s Commercial Strip Gets a Facelift
With the RIOC/Hudson-Related duo out, Westview’s management started a street level facelift for the long neglected corridor. Hopes are high that RIOC will follow through
Just one more RIOC cover up or a real Sportpark Bank…?
A fresh RIOC cover up, fantasizing a loopy Sportspark Bank, baffled as much as the failures triggering it angered. Soon, a web of state-assigned scapegoats
Attorney for Westview Transactions
John E. Donnelly is an attorney experienced with many years of Roosevelt Island transactions, including the Mitchell Lama conversions of Rivercross, Island House and now
Will RIOC become homeless, this summer? Their freebie lease runs out…
Will RIOC become homeless when its freebie lease expires in July? Times change, and the state agency faces a whole new set of circumstances. Their free ride may be over.
Westview finally springs free, Mitchell-Lama conversion now complete
Announcing the Mitchell-Lama conversion final approval, David Hirschhorn said, “Perched atop the East River on Manhattan’s Roosevelt Island, coop apartments in the 19-Story, 360 unit Westview Apartments will soon be offered for sale. Hirschhorn, managing member of the developer, WV Preservation Partners, LLC, has shephered the complex through the years long process.
