Luxury living for seniors, pandemic housing bubble bursts, & more

By Jennifer White Karp | November 14, 2022 - 10:30AM

Tenants at 429 East 52nd St. warned management for months before last week’s disastrous fire caused by exploding e-bike batteries (The City)

Why using your security deposit for last month’s rent has some risks for New York City renters (The New York Times)

Coterie Hudson Yards, a luxury senior living facility with hotel-like amenities and state-of the-art technology, opens at 505 West 35th St. (New York Post)

The NYC Economic Development Corporation pulls the plug on ferry service to Coney Island, even though a new multi-million dollar ferry landing is already afloat (Hell Gate)

A Bronx principal and other administrators put nearly a dozen teachers recruited from the Dominican Republic in an apparently illegal boarding house in the Bronx (New York Post)

A KPMG economist says U.S. home prices could fall 15 percent or more as the pandemic housing bubble bursts (Fortune)

Jennifer White Karp

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Jennifer steers Brick Underground’s editorial coverage of New York City residential real estate and writes articles on market trends and strategies for buyers, sellers, and renters. Jennifer’s 15-year career in New York City real estate journalism includes stints as a writer and editor at The Real Deal and its spinoff publication, Luxury Listings NYC.

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