January 2012 Vol. 32, No. 1
The January 2012 issue of The Cooperator newspaper focuses on Management/Board Relations
In this issue, you can read about revenue or reduction?, a day in the life of a manager, social media and management style.
Visit our archives to see other articles that were published in 2012.
News Briefs
- 12.14.2011 Making Architecture Accessible.[NY Observer]
- 12.14.2011 Oil Magnate Drunk on West Side Condo.[New York Observer]
- 12.14.2011 Apthorp Developer Buys Rival Condo for $7 Million.[New York Observer]
- 12.14.2011 Recession Still Decimating Brokers Lives.[New York Observer]
- 12.14.2011 US Mortgage Applications Rise as Rates Drop.[The Real Deal]
- 12.14.2011 Manhattan's First Time Foreclosures Double.[The Real Deal]
- 12.13.2011 Prime Midtown Development Hits Market Without Price-tag.[The Real Deal]
- 12.14.2011 New FHA Head Fails to Assuage Republicans.[The Real Deal]
- 12.13.2011 Archstone Pays $131 Million for Kips Bay Building.[The Real Deal]
- 12.11.2011 Building With a Heart of Gold.[The New York Times]
- 12.10.2011 Storage Space Enters Stratosphere.[The Wall Street Journal]
- 12.09.2010 Billionaire Buys Soho House.[NY Daily News]
- 12.08.2011 Loans for Multi-Family Homes.[The New York Times]
- 12.04.2011 Jumbo Loan Limits Changed, Again.[The New York Times]
- 11.02.2011 U.S. Construction Spending Rose in September for Second Consecutive Month.[Bloomberg News]
- 11.02.2011 Staging, Ever More Virtual.[The NY Times]
- 11.02.2011 Mortgage applications rise slightly, refinancings stumble.[The Real Deal]
- 11.02.2011 East Side co-op ends 10-year backyard battle with city.[The Real Deal]
- 11.02.2011 Developer revives plans for Greenpoint monster project[The Real Deal]
- 11.02.2011 Planned Tribeca residential conversion returns to commercial use[The Real Deal]
- 10.16.2011 Sales Over Rentals, Even in a Credit Crunch.[The NY Times]
Featured Articles
Revenue or Reduction
Budgeting is never easy, not for a family of four and certainly not for a co-op
or condo community of hundreds or thousands of residents. That fact is made all
the more difficult by the lingering effects of the recession, which continues
to wreak havoc with our confidence as well as our overall bottom line. For many
boards, trying to balance a budget these days requires making difficult
choices. If the budget is falling short, what is the solution? Raise more
revenue by raising fees? Or reduce costs by cutting back on services and
amenities? For residents, neither option is likely to win a popularity contest.
Read More
A Day in the Life of a Manager
A friend of a property manager of a New York co-op recently remarked that “Superman has finally met his match” when a task came in that seemed to have the effect of kryptonite and slowed him
down—for a moment at least.
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Friend Us on Facebook
With smart-phones dominating the cellular market, people now have Internet
access anywhere and everywhere they go. While shopping and “googling” are leading reasons to use the Internet, the rise of social media has changed
the way in which people interact with one another, businesses and government.
Earlier this year, the City of New York hired its first chief digital officer,
a former Bloomberg Businessweek “Most Promising Social Entrepreneur,” Rachel Sterne. She has been charged with developing Web 2.0 technologies and
social media initiatives geared toward connecting the city’s 83 agencies and keeping residents informed. Read More
A Matter of Style
Every co-op, condo and HOA community is different—each has its own distinctive character, attitude, and expectations. The same is
obviously true for the individual people who manage these communities and help
them run their day-to-day business.
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