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541 Lafayette Avenue Condominium

541 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205

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Overview

541 Lafayette Avenue is a 3-unit condo in Brooklyn.

  • Offering plan: Accepted August 2020 · 340 pages · floor plans on pages 166–169
  • Finishes: A washer and dryer in each apartment and Mirabelle bathroom fittings
  • Prices: $1,212 a square foot on average, as first offered; $3.77 million in all ($3.22 million when first offered)
  • Common charges: $439–$663 a month, the sponsor's first-year estimate
  • Sponsor: B&A Investors Group LLC, represented by The Law Office Of Jay Lichtman, P.C.; principals Eldad Amrani
  • Subway: 2-minute walk to Bedford-Nostrand Avs (G); 8 minutes to Classon Av (G)
  • Amendments: 1, the latest in March 2021
  1. SubmittedMarch 2021
  2. AcceptedAugust 2020
  3. 1 amendment
  4. First sale
  5. Latest sale

Sales

3 of 3homes sold (100%)
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First-Year Budget

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Property Taxes

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Closing Costs

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Amendments

Amendment 1 Mar 16, 2021

Amendment updates offering prices, adds FinCEN financial disclosure requirements and roof drainage risk disclosure, and revises architectural specifications and floor plans.

  • Offering prices: Unit 1 $1,495,000, Unit 2 $1,195,000, Unit 3 $1,085,000
  • FinCEN Currency Transaction Report requirement for certain business entity purchases without bank financing from November 6, 2020 to May 4, 2021
  • Roofs and terraces lack emergency secondary drains to prevent leaks in units below
  • Construction substantially completed as of February 2021
  • Gas service by National Grid with individual meters per unit
  • Synthetic grass at rear yard; building enclosed with steel and wood fencing
  • Unit 3 roof terrace increased from 509 sf to 856 sf; Unit 2 roof terrace portion reallocated to Unit 3
  • Unit 1 cellar decreased to 814 sf, first floor increased to 1222 sf
  • Schedule A prices increased for 3 homes (median +15.1%): 1 $1,299,000 → $1,495,000; 2 $949,000 → $1,195,000; 3 $969,000 → $1,085,000
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Team

Sponsor
B&A Investors Group LLC
Principals
Eldad Amrani
Tax estimate
Metropolitan Realty Exemptions, Inc.Prepared the first-year real estate tax projection
Construction lender
AJ Partners Lending$1.08 million recorded
Title agency
Adar Land and Tree AbstractThe sponsor's title company for buyers; you can choose another · Named on p. 75
Buyer's lender
Wells FargoThe sponsor's preferred mortgage lender; you can use another, though the mortgage contingency is offered through the sponsor's lender · Named on p. 200

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Zoning

Zoning district
R6B

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

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