The 100 Eleventh Avenue luxury apartment complex certainly is dazzling. French architect Jean Nouvel designed the building and its curved curtain wall consisting of colorless glass panes of varying sizes.
Living there isnât quite worth the million-dollar price tags.
Loren Ridinger, a resident and founder of Motive cosmetics, is suing the buildingâs developers, Cape Advisors, as the Telegraph reports. Wind blows and water seeps through the gaps between panes of glass, and drafts have even caused heating pipes to freeze and burst, according to court papers.
âMuch to the surprise and bitter disappointment of the condominiumâs unit owners, the buildingâs ambitious design was poorly executed and subject to cost-cutting measures which left the lauded glass curtain wall with fatal construction defects,â Ridingerâs lawyer, Steven Sladkus, said in the suit.
In the past, residents have complained about cracking concrete, leaks, and curtain wall issues.
One-bedroom apartments are marketed for $1.4 million, and the penthouse is on the market for $20 million. A 430-sf apartment in the building is priced at nearly $1 million.
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