February 2010 Vol. 8, No. 2
The February 2010 issue of The New Jersey Cooperator newspaper focuses on Board/Owner Relations.
In this issue, you can read about taming the not so politically correct, former board members are a valuable asset and board members and privacy.
Visit our archives to see other articles that were published in 2010.
News Briefs
- 03.11.10 Mount Olive MC, LLC, a consortium of developers and investors, is seeking preliminary approval for 227 market-priced, single-family homes for seniors and 57-low-to-moderate income affordable apartments or condo units on 113 acres across a northern portion of the 225-acre property. [Daily Record]
- 03.09.10 A firefighter from Weehawken and his family are suing a developer in Florida after they purchased a $430,000 vacation home in a 32-story condo building in 2008, but remain the only occupants of the high-rise, according to a report by MYFoxNY.com. [NJ.com]
- 03.08.10 A local company has come to the aid of a man blocked from keeping his work van parked in the condominium development where he lives. [CentralNJ.com]
- 02.17.10 Not long after moving to Matawan, Elizabeth Renner’s children, Nicholas and Maria, found their local park in bad shape and decided to do something about it. With playmates, they circulated a petition, ran a lemonade stand and raised $169, which they handed over at a Borough Council meeting, urging the officials in attendance to fix the park. [NY Times]
- 02.16.10 A proposed 95-foot-tall complex in North Bergen, N.J. is threatening to block the beautiful -- and valuable -- New York City skyline views of homeowners at the Bergen Ridge townhouses behind it, Fox News reported. [The Real Deal]
- 02.10.10 Earlier this month, the W Hoboken Hotel and condominium tower offered itself as a host location for a speed-dating event that drew almost 400 would-be sweethearts — a number to be recorded by Guinness World Records, according to its organizers.[NY Times]
- 01.21.10 The tallest, “Trumpiest” condominium in New Jersey — the 55-story Trump Plaza Jersey City — hit the market two years ago, just as economic forces aligned to hamper its success.[NY Times]
- 12.17.09 Last spring, she found a lovely two-bedroom condominium at 60 Erie Street, a converted school building in the historic Harsimus Cove district. [NY Times]
- 12.11.09 Residential property taxes: Could there be a more potent issue for real estate right now in New Jersey? [The NY Times]
- 11.25.09 U.S. sales of new homes rose last month to the highest level in more than a year as strong activity in the South made up for weakness in the rest of the country.[NJ.com]
- 11.20.09 Doormen have always been rarer in New Jersey than in Manhattan, appearing only at the largest and fanciest condominiums along the Hudson River. Now, some can be found at smaller buildings too, but only in “virtual” guise. [NY Times]
- 11.13.09 IN many communities, the pace of condominium sales is just crawling along these days. [The NY Times]
- 10.23.09 Their view is the main reason that the Gisslers, who are both 74, are so enamored of the place where they live.[NY Times]
- 10.23.09 Twenty luxury condos in East Rutherford will be auctioned at a third of their original price, another indicator of the wounded housing market, according to a report by The Record. [NJ Star-Ledger]
- 10.23.09 She shopped for co-ops in the Long Island communities of Floral Park, East Rockaway and Bellmore, among others, and also in Bellerose, Queens. [NY Times]
- 10.21.09 What do savvy European tourists and deep-pocketed condo buyers have in common? Both are swooning for Hoboken. [NY Post]
- 10.21.09 The W Hoboken sold the last of its 40 residential units in April 2007.[NY Post]
Featured Articles
Board Members and Privacy
As the leaders of their community and guardians of their residents' investment
and quality of life, HOA board members have a lot of responsibility, and access
to a great deal of personal—sometimes sensitive—information about their neighbors. Along with this responsibility and access
comes questions about what kind of information can and cannot (as well as what
should and should not) be openly discussed among board members, management, and
non-board shareholders.
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Civilian Again
For board members, the time spent serving their association and fellow residents
can be among the most strenuous yet rewarding periods in their lives. For
years, they make decisions that affect their community in the present and may
continue to impact them years down the road. It’s a powerful position to hold, one that requires them to acquire a significant
depth of knowledge about the inner workings of their association, amassing an
institutional memory that can be difficult to replace.
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Anger Managmenet
For most people, “foaming at the mouth” is just a figure of speech. Attorney Ellen Hirsch de Haan, a managing partner
in the Tampa Bay, Florida office of Becker & Poliakoff PA, has encountered the real thing—and not at an animal shelter, but at a condominium owners’ meeting.
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