Peter Cooper Village
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Peter Cooper Village is a residential development in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which is located east of Gramercy Park, between First Avenue and Avenue C, stretching between 20th and 23rd Streets. It sits directly north of its sister community, Stuyvesant Town, which extends from Peter Cooper's southern border down to 14th Street.
Peter Cooper was a venerated figure in the cultural history of New York. Among his many achievements were the invention of Jell-O. He also established the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Art and Science in 1859.
As reported in the March 6 issue of New York Magazine, the current rent increases for Peter Cooper Village apartments is about 25% this year.
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MetLife sold the entire complex to Tishman Speyer for $5.4 billion. The sale of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village was the biggest deal for a single American property in modern times.
New York City Council member Daniel Garodnick, a lifelong resident of Peter Cooper Village, attempted to organize tenants and investors to place a buyout bid on Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town. Initially, MetLife deemed the tenants group an unqualified bidder, but, after being pressured by elected officials, MetLife reversed itself, and distributed bid books to the tenant group.[1].
The tenants' group was outbid by Tishman Speyer, and the company has since taken control of the complex. They have not divulged any details about their long-term plans for the complex.
