A condominium board can compel an owner to sell his Columbus Circle apartment to a neighbor instead of a preferred outside buyer, thanks to a common provision in condo bylaws, a state judge has ruled.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Anil Singh’s (See Profile) Feb. 25 ruling in South Tower Residential Board of Managers v. Ann Holdings, 156148/12, rejected the seller’s argument that the board was acting in bad faith by buying the apartment on behalf of his neighbor, whom he accused of sabotaging his efforts to sell the apartment to someone else.
