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How to Find and Read Amendments to a NYC Condo Offering Plan

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The original offering plan is where a condo starts. The amendments are where it ends up: new prices, a new budget, a new managing agent, a closing date. Here is how to find them all.

What an Amendment Is

An amendment is a filing that changes or updates a condo offering plan. The sponsor files it with the New York State Attorney General under the same plan ID as the original plan, and amendments are numbered in order: Amendment 1, Amendment 2, and so on. Busy projects can collect a long list of them over the years it takes to build and sell the building.

Because the plan keeps changing, the original plan alone is not the current story. To know what a sponsor is offering today, read the original plan together with every amendment, starting from the latest.

What Amendments Usually Change

How to Find Every Amendment on the AG's Site

  1. Open the Attorney General's Real Estate Finance database and search for the building by plan ID, address or name. (Full walkthrough.)
  2. On the plan record, look for the list of amendments with their numbers and dates.
  3. Open the Documents tab. Each posted amendment is its own PDF, next to the original offering plan.
  4. Compare the list of amendments with the documents posted. Some amendments may be listed but not posted online yet; those can be requested from the Attorney General through a FOIL request.

How to Find Amendments on The Condo Book Project

Every building page on The Condo Book Project has a Documents tab with an amendments table: each amendment's number, the date it was submitted, its status on the AG's record, and whether it is searchable on The Condo Book Project. For example, see the amendments listed for Residences at Prospect Place, 701 Prospect Place (CD240334).

When an amendment is searchable, the search box on the building page covers the plan and its amendments together, so a search for "managing agent" shows every page, in every document, where the phrase appears. Results that come from plans with amendments we have not read yet are marked, so you know to check the AG's site for the rest.

How to Read an Amendment Quickly

Common Questions

How many amendments does a condo offering plan have?

It varies with the project. A small building that sells quickly may have only a few. Others collect dozens: the AG record for 346 Kent Avenue Condominium (CD230188) in Brooklyn lists 31. The building's record lists them all.

Do amendments get a new CD number?

No. Amendments stay under the original plan ID and are numbered in sequence. (How CD numbers work.)

If an amendment changes the price, which price is right?

The latest filed Schedule A reflects the sponsor's current offering prices, but prices can change again. Confirm the current price with the sponsor and your attorney before signing.

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