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A three-building property manager pleaded guilty on charges of grand larcency and scheme to defraud, after stealing more than $879,000 from three separate corporations that owned the buildings, the Manhattan district attorney announced today. Luis Nunez, the sole property manager for the three buildings, located adjacent to Columbia University, was charged with collecting rent money from tenants and depositing it into his personal checking account between June 2005 and April 2009. Nunez carried out his scheme by telling tenants that they should make rent checks payable to him and not the companies that owned the buildings. Nunez could face up to 19 years behind bars. TRD