Clipper Equity LLC is a partnership led by

David Bistricer David Bistricer (born August 10, 1949) is a New York-based real estate developer and the founder and principal of Clipper Equity. His firm focuses on the conversion of non-residential buildings to residential uses. One of Bistricer's latest vent ...

and Sam Levinson. The firm owns more than 60 buildings, with thousands of residential units, in New York and New Jersey. The partnership are known for their attempted purchase of the

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housing complex in

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, for $1.3 billion on February 8, 2007 in one of the largest real estate transactions in history. New York's Mayor

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expressed concerns over the new landlord's history of building violations.

Controversy

Clipper Equity attempted to buy the

complex, the largest federally subsidised housing development in the United States, for a then record $1.3 billion on February 8, 2007. The State of New York and the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development expressed concerns, and on March 1, 2007, a US Federal Judge blocked the sale. According to the Associated Press, Housing Secretary

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said Clipper Equity, the prospective buyer of the complex, failed to explain how it would remain an affordable community. Due to past irregularities, Clipper Equity was banned for life in 1998 from converting apartments to condominiums or co-ops in New York State. Exceptions to this ban are made on an individual project basis. For example, Clipper Equity has been given permission to sell apartments it is renovating in

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References

External links

Clipper Equity Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Clipper Equity Llc Real estate companies of the United States Companies based in New York (state)