Riverhouse condo owners file green suit

Riverhouse

The owners of a condo unit at the Riverhouse development in Battery Park City have filed a $1.5 million suit against developer Sheldrake Organization and manager Centurian Real Estate Partners, claiming that their home is not as eco-friendly as promised, according to the Wall Street Journal. Although the 264-unit waterfront building, home to celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio and Tyra Banks, is seeking gold LEED certification, residents Steven Gidumal and Allison Keeley say that their three-bedroom, three-bathroom, $4.2 million condo isn’t as green as the sales pitch said it would be. Gidumal and Keeley hired their own engineer to evaluate the building’s energy performance and claim that “a deviation of 49 percent” from the LEED standards was found. [WSJ]

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