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Posted by Steve on August 29, 2001 at 02:34:30:

In Reply to: Sorry, almost forgot, I DO NOT have a lease posted by Denis on August 28, 2001 at 20:40:06:

It depends, but I believe that landlords of IMD lofts can't offer leases until their spaces are brought up to code anyway. I was lease-less from '83 through '99, when the landlord finally bought me out rather than do the conversions. In the interim, I was technically month-to-month with my rent set by the Loft Board.

Loft law is very murky. I would advise consulting a tenant attorney specializing in loft law about this. If the building is incorporated, as most commercial buildings are, I don't think the landlord can repossess an apartment for personal use. But it's a common scam to get a tenant to move out though. Check back in three months and you find that Junior has moved into another one of the landlord's apartments across town.

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: Loft law is very murky.  I would advise consulting a tenant attorney specializing in loft law about this.  If the building is incorporated, as most commercial buildings are, I don't think the landlord can repossess an apartment for personal use.  But it's a common scam to get a tenant to move out though.  Check back in three months and you find that Junior has moved into another one of the landlord's apartments across town.


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