Developer Rob Kaliner and the Grand Madison

Developer Rob Kaliner, whose Ascend Group is behind new condominiums like the Georgica on the Upper East Side and the controversial A Building in the East Village, upgraded his own New York City digs with the purchase of a $2.48 million unit late last month at [more]

The party’s over at the A Building, an East Village condominium at 421 East 13th Street built by mini-mogul Ben Shaoul and his partner, Rob Kaliner. Beneath the two-year-old building’s reputation for hosting raucous rooftop pool parties lies a reality worse than the most killer hangover — flooding, crumbling balconies, alleged mismanagement of the condo board’s funds and two unresponsive developers who have left owners banging their heads against mold-ridden walls, claim several residents who forwarded dozens of documents detailing these issues to The Real Deal.
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