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131 Devoe Street Condominium (The Devoe)

131 Devoe Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

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Overview

The Devoe is a 10-unit condo in Brooklyn, with 9 parking units and 10 storage units.

  • Offering plan: Accepted September 2019
  • Prices: $1,448 a square foot on average, as first offered; $13.1 million in all
  • Common charges: $292–$645 a month, the sponsor's first-year estimate
  • Sponsor: 131 Devoe Street LLC, represented by Marans, Weisz & Newman, LLC
  • Subway: 2-minute walk to Graham Av (L); 5 minutes to Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St (G, L)
  • Amendments: 5, the latest in September 2021
  1. SubmittedNovember 2019
  2. AcceptedSeptember 2019
  3. 5 amendments
  4. First sale
  5. Latest sale

Sales

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Property Taxes

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Amendments

Amendment 5 Sep 21, 2021

This amendment combines two licensed parking spaces into one, revises the first-year budget and the Schedule A common charges to match, extends the Plan's term by six months, and reports post-closing items including the first closing and the temporary Certificate of Occupancy.

  • Parking Spaces 7 and 8 combined into one Parking Space 7 (306 SF)
  • Common Charges in Schedule A revised due to parking and budget changes
  • Electricity budget reduced from $34,582 to $33,500
  • License Fees income decreased from $10,800 to $9,882
  • Term of the Plan extended by six (6) months from the date of this Amendment
  • First Unit Closing took place remotely on April 22, 2021
  • Temporary Certificate of Occupancy issued February 5, 2021, valid through February 28, 2022; $5,000.00 posted as security for the permanent CO
  • Sponsor address updated to 131 Devoe Street LLC, C/o Ferguson Law Group PLLC, 33 W. 60th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10023

Amendment 3 Feb 5, 2021

This amendment changes the rules for selling and transferring licenses to exclusive-use Licensed Spaces, revises the Licensed Space Agreement's late-payment and termination terms, and updates the sponsor's attorney and escrow agent to Marans Newman Tsolis & Nazinitsky LLC.

  • Licensee must give ten (10) days' written notice before selling or assigning a license
  • Board of Managers consent required for license transfers, not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed (except transfers from Declarant or its Affiliate)
  • Licensee may abandon a license on ten (10) days' notice and stop paying the License Fee, but remains liable for unpaid fees
  • Delinquent licensees get a three-hundred sixty-five (365) day grace period before the license can be terminated
  • Late fees on delinquent License Fees capped at One Hundred Fifty ($150.00) Dollars
  • Sponsor's attorney renamed to Marans Newman Tsolis & Nazinitsky LLC (MNTN), which is now the Escrow Agent
  • Escrow account renamed "The Marans Newman Tsolis & Nazinitsky LLC Attorney Escrow Account for The 131 Devoe Street Condominium"
  • Daniel Weisz, Esq. is no longer an escrow account signatory; Jason Nazinitsky, Esq. is a signatory

Amendment 2 Nov 12, 2020

The sponsor declares the 131 Devoe Street Condominium plan effective after accepting purchase agreements for two units (20% of the building), and otherwise leaves the plan unchanged.

  • Plan declared effective based on purchase agreements for 2 units, 20% of the units in the Building
  • No purchase agreements counted toward effectiveness are subject to an outstanding right to rescind
  • Unit 4B: purchase agreement dated 9/11/2020 counted toward effectiveness
  • Unit PH: purchase agreement dated 11/4/2020 counted toward effectiveness
  • Effectiveness affidavit by Sponsor's principal Steven Ferguson executed November 10, 2020, attached as Exhibit A
  • Except as stated, the Plan remains unchanged

Amendment 1 Nov 25, 2019

This amendment moves the projected completion date to January 1, 2021, revises floor plans, appliances, and risks, sets advertised prices for some units, and updates the first-year budget.

  • Projected completion and start of operations moved from September 1, 2019 to January 1, 2021; rescission offered only if the First Unit Closing does not occur by January 1, 2022 (for buyers signing after this amendment)
  • Advertised prices set for Units 2A ($1,675,000), 3A ($1,725,000) and 4A ($1,775,000), and for eight storage units
  • Units 2B, 3B and 4B have lot line windows that may be blocked and require removal if the neighboring property at 129 Devoe Street is built on
  • Parking Units 7 and 8 inaccessible behind an 8-foot construction fence for about 6 months, possibly longer
  • First-year electricity charges increased from $19,442.00 to $34,582.00; gas charges eliminated
  • Management fee removed for the first year (Sponsor pays); estimated $9,900 for the following year
  • Reserve fund decreased from $7,200.00 to $6,790.22
  • Kitchens and closets relocated in Units 2B, 3B and 4B; PH unit layout changed; cellar storage cages reduced from 10 to 8; stackable Whirlpool washers and dryers, with dryers no longer vented
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Team

Sponsor
131 Devoe Street LLC
General contractor
CDC HousingHeld the general construction permit on DOB job 321187176

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Zoning

Zoning district
R6B

Today's zoning, from city data (PLUTO 26v2).

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