Construction defects in Manhattan high-rise-residents complain of 165 million

The skyscraper 432 Park Avenue in Manhattan is an absolute prestige address. Located three blocks from Central Park, the luxury living tower opened in 2015 is part of the so-called Billionaire’s Row, the street of the billionaires. Its 426 meters highlight it into one of the largest buildings of New York and one of the largest houses worldwide.

However, despite all the exclusivity, construction defects have been torturing the well -founded residents for years. Now the owners of the luxury apartments have submitted a multi-million lawsuit against the real estate company responsible for the construction. They demand $ 165 million in damages in front of a New York court because those responsible are said to have kept silent defects concealed, as reported.

In the lawsuit, among other things, there is talk of “thousands of serious cracks” in the facade of the high -rise, CNN quotes from the documents. The damage led to floods in the building and corrosion damage in the reinforced concrete pillars of the tower, it is said. The responsible real estate company and the responsible architectural office rejected the allegations according to CNN.

It is not the first time that the buyers of the luxury apartments, which should also include celebrities like singer Jennifer Lopez, move to court against the tower builder. As early as 2021, the residents had filed a $ 250 million complaint. In it they listed 1,500 construction and design errors that had found their own experts.

Among other things, the faulty elevators in which residents would have stuck over hours are criticized. An electrical explosion caused a temporary power failure. The garbage shaft is so loud that it reminds of bombing. In addition, inexplicable noises and questionable vibrations in the building would come. “The owners paid dozens of millions of dollars to acquire units. But instead of the promised ultra -luxurious rooms, the owners were sold a building that is plagued by breakdowns and failures,” quoted them from the court documents.

Even then there was also talk of cracks in the concrete. In the re -complaint, the property community of the real estate company also accuses the defects that have known and kept silent. The company deliberately deceived the apartment buyers by incorrect information in the sales prospectus.

The skyscraper 432 Park Avenue was built between 2012 and 2015 and has since shaped the Skyline from Midtown Manhattan like a huge pen. 104 apartments are housed on 85 floors. The architectural peculiarities include uninhabited intermediate floors without a window through which the wind can whistle.