The 100 Eleventh Avenue luxury apartment complex certainly is dazzling. French architect Jean Nouvel designed the building and itsĀ curved curtain wall consisting of colorless glass panes of varying sizes.
Living there isnāt quite worth the million-dollar price tags.
Loren Ridinger, a resident andĀ founder of Motive cosmetics, is suing the buildingās 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.
āMuch to the surprise and bitter disappointment of the condominiumās unit owners, the buildingās ambitious design was poorly executed and subject to cost-cutting measures which left the lauded glass curtain wall with fatal construction defects,āĀ Ridingerās lawyer,Ā 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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Photo:Ā Steve Silverman/Creative Commons.
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