ST-PCV Tenants Association President John Marsh speaking at a Tenants Association meeting on Saturday, with Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, Comptroller Scott Stringer, State Senator Brad Hoylman and Council Member Dan Garodnick (Photo by Sabina Mollot)
On Thursday morning, the Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association announced that it was still interested in buying, and hoped that now that foreclosure proceedings have begun, CWCapital would be ready to talk business.
In an email sent out to neighbors (also available online) Tenants Association President John Marsh said, “We want to make certain that the young families just now trying to put down roots here, can carry on that tradition and that no tenant will ever again be at the mercy of a predatory landlord. The TA-Brookfield plan would deliver full recovery to the primary bondholders. Now that CW can no longer claim the place is not for sale, we hope they will take our offer seriously.”
CWCapital has so far kept its tradition of not saying anything about selling the place, other than a brief statement on Tuesday to announce the foreclosure on the property’s mezzanine debt and a sale scheduled for June 13.
Marsh also said in the email, “CWCapital will become the owner of the property on June 13, at least temporarily. Subsequently, they could hold an auction similar to what we saw in 2006, when Tishman Speyer bought the property.”
A report by Businessweek has said CW parent company Fortress was preparing a bid of $4.7 billion.
While he was running for mayor, Bill de Blasio promised he would keep ST/PCV affordable. Council Member Dan Garodnick has said he learned that a tenant-led bid would have the support of the city’s housing commissioner, Vicki Been, and the deputy mayor for economic development, Alicia Glen. In an official statement, Glen said, “Stuy Town and Peter Cooper Village are critical bulwarks of affordability for middle class families. Our housing plan emphasizes preservation, and with so many affordable units at risk in these developments, the stakes are too high to be hands-off. We are in active discussions with the lenders, Councilman Dan Garodnick and tenants in the hopes of reaching a joint approach.”
