We wrote our first article about the Ocean Club Condominium, Atlantic City, New Jersey balconies issue on February 4, 2022.   More than two years later, it’s still an issue, as some residents still cannot use their balconies.  A concerned Ocean Club Condominium resident reached to us because of our previous coverage    Read the article…………………………….

The Ocean Club Condominium Board of Trustees has asked police to look into incidents alleged by workers that some occupants were throwing food and dog feces at them.  In a letter dated Friday, the board of the condos at 3101 Boardwalk said the incidents were brought to their attention, and if the problems persist, the engineer of the undisclosed company threatened to walk off the job.    Read the article…………………………….

Multiple families are displaced after a fire ripped through a condominium causing extensive damage to five units in Bedminster on Friday.    Read the article…………………………….

The scheme was facilitated through the submission of falsified invoices that significantly overcharged the services rendered by Obedos’s company, leading to the condominium complex overpaying by $500,000.   Investigations revealed that the complex paid over $1 million for services that were, in reality, worth half that amount.  The inflated funds were then distributed as kickbacks, with Bennett receiving $440,000 and Smith receiving $30,000.     Read the article…………………………….

Becker, a leading multi-practice commercial law firm with attorneys, lobbyists, and other professionals throughout the United States, proudly welcomes Ronald L. Perl as Counsel in its Community Association Practice. He will be a resident in the firm’s Morristown and Red Bank New Jersey offices.    Read the article…………………………….

ABergen County man severely injured when he fell through a wooden stairway while working at a condominium swimming pool has agreed to settle his lawsuit for $15 million.  James Visconti, 59, of Saddle Brook, was servicing the pool at Harmon Cove IV community pool in Secaucus on Sept. 6, 2018, when wooden steps collapsed beneath him, sending him to the pavement below, according to court papers.   Read the article…………………………….

Federal officials said Smith, alongside his conspirators Nathaniel Obedos and Ranaldo Bennett, orchestrated a kickback scheme targeting the condominium complex where Bennett served as the lead property manager, and Smith held the position of superintendent.  The trio manipulated repair and maintenance operations to benefit Obedos’s company, through which they executed their fraudulent activities.    Read the article…………………………….

New Market fire crews responded to the scene on Forest Drive in the Birch Glen Condominiums at about 12:30 Sunday afternoon where they extinguished a small fire and smoke in a bedroom, according to reports.  The unit’s sprinkler system kept the fire from spreading to other areas, authorities said.  The Birch Glen Condominiums was the scene of a devastating fire that broke out the week before Thanksgiving and destroyed 17 condos and townhouses in two other Forest Drive buildings. That fire ...

New Jersey, with aging condominium developments, faces a challenge in inspections and maintenance. If enacted, state Senate Bill 2760 would address these issues, emphasizing engineering inspections and requiring associations to maintain reserve funds should something go awry.   Read the article…………………………….

Two units were completely destroyed by the fire, and the fire spread to four condos total. Multiple families have been displaced by the fire. The American Red Cross, along with Aberdeen Twp. and Monmouth County OEM, are assisting with finding temporary housing for the victims.    Read the article………………………………..

A fire on Thursday night at a condominium complex here went to three alarms and caused “significant damage” to some upper floor units before being contained, according to the Voorhees Township Fire Department.   Read the article……………………………….

Smoke detector alarms still sounded Monday morning hours after firefighters extinguished a massive blaze that tore through two Piscataway condominium buildings late Sunday night.   Read the article…………………………..

Morris Township has a proposition for owners of 64 condos in the Moore Estate.  The municipality will pick up their tab for deck upgrades on the property–estimated to cost $4,000 to $6,000 per owner–and will give each of them a $5,000 bonus. All they must do in return is agree to extend affordable housing controls on their units for another 30 years.   Read the article………………………..

All the land in Ocean Grove is owned by the association except for the streets. Many (but not all) homeowners actually lease the land on which their homes sit. In the past, the association had police powers like any other municipality, forbidding vehicular traffic on Sundays, but a 1979 state Supreme Court decision changed that.    Read the article………………………..

Let’s just get this on the record: Who’s a good dog? The court recognizes Luna is a good dog.  The 70-pound shelter pup probably doesn’t even know she’s at the center of a fight that has climbed from a local condominium association to New Jersey’s highest court in a case that could remake the rules for emotional support animals.  Read the article………………………..

According to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger, the men, Ranaldo Bennett, 40, and Nathaniel Obedos, 56, conspired with Jonathan Smith, 56, of Montclair, to inflate charges for repairs and maintenance at the complex and pay the excess money to Bennett and Smith as kickbacks.   Read the article………………………..

A Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Gloucester County homeowners association and nearby daycare facility fighting a redevelopment plan they say could lead to the construction of massive warehouses in their neighborhood.   Read the article………………………..

Stone Harbor’s federally sponsored beach replenishment is complete. History predicts that the newly nourished beaches will almost immediately begin to lose sand, which will move in a southerly direction past the 127th Street groin. Some of the sand will be captured by Stone Harbor Point and some will continue the journey south to the inlet and Five Mile Island.   Read the article………………………..

As a 10-year resident of the Village of Fountainview in Newark, Patty McNelis enjoys her neighbors, her condo unit and the outside pool on a hot summer day.  Only one issue has dampened this pleasant scene: a pipe that burst on the top floor of her building, which caused significant flooding throughout the entire structure    Read the article………………………..

Piscataway fire crews responded to the township’s Society Hill neighborhood on Friday where a fire broke out in a three-story condominium building on Canterbury Court just after 5:30 p.m.  The fire caused significant damage to at least three units facing the rear of the building on the first, second, and third floors.    Read the article………………………..

The timing is right to build new housing, but the timing was all wrong for paving roads in The Overlook housing subdivision on the west side of Cherry Valley Road.  Developer Steve Layman said road paving in the hillside subdivision just prior to heavy rains before the Fourth of July holiday, and before completion of the subdivision’s storm system, created flooding at homes across Cherry Valley Road from the development.   Read the article………………………..

Firefighters were at the scene of a massive blaze in Toms River Saturday afternoon, July 15.   Read the article………………………..

Oceanfront residents in Toms River’s Normandy Beach section who sued over the right to place a dune cross-over outside their home scored a victory, with a Superior Court judge ruling in recent weeks that their homeowners’ associations cannot stop them from doing so.   Read the article………………………..

A fire at a condominium complex in Essex County sent one person to the hospital and displaced dozens of residents.  Officials say that the first started just after 11:30 a.m. Monday at Claridge House II in Verona. It is a 12-story condominium complex.    Read the article………………………..

Officials said a driver passing by saw the flames, stopped his vehicle and began knocking on doors, to make sure people were evacuated.  Two dogs were rescued from one of the burning condos by a firefighter and a police officer. The dogs appeared to be unharmed, despite the fire.   Read the article………………………..

Emergency crews were called to battle a blaze that left several homes heavily damaged, and a firefighter injured in South Jersey this weekend.  Officials say all residents were able to self-evacuate their homes without any injuries as the fire spread to eight units in total.  Read the article………………………..

Legislation sponsored by Senator Robert Singer that would prohibit common interest communities, such as condominium associations, from penalizing members who place a unit into a living, revocable trust fund was approved today by the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee.

A bill backed by Newark Republican State Representative Jed Davis could help Lake Holiday save some money on materials for winter road maintenance.  Davis says the bill would allow the Lake Holiday Homeowners Association to purchase certain materials through the local township to reduces costs.   Read the article………………………..

A scathing report prepared by Charles Endicott of Endicott Engineering LLC, presented to the city construction office April 17 and released by city officials, states the structure is no longer fit for use and must be demolished.  The report outlines decades’ worth of concerns about the building and says little of the needed work beyond Band-Aids and cosmetic repairs was ever undertaken. The report states there were structural concerns when the building was changed from a motel to a condominium ...

An Ocean City condominium complex has been shut down after it was declared structurally unsafe by a state agency.  City Solicitor Dorothy McCrosson reported to City Council on Thursday night that the Seaspray condos at 34th Street and Bay Avenue have been “red-tagged” by order of the state Department of Community Affairs and remain closed.    Read the article………………………..

Alicia K. Campbell, 35, of Mays Landing, faces charges of theft, financial facilitation, forgery, falsifying records and credit card fraud, as a result of an investigation into her alleged activities while serving as the Lifestyle Director of Greenbriar Oceanaire Community & Golf Course in Waretown, officials said   Read the article………………………..

A fire has displaced dozens of people at a condominium complex in Edison Township.  Officials say that the fire started on a second-floor balcony and then spread to adjacent buildings.   Read the article………………………..

The first sign of trouble, resident Robin Huss said, came when she heard a loud thump, and Building 3000 of the Village of Fountainview condominium complex shook.  Huss saw water trickling in through a heater vent in her fourth-floor unit, and soon the condo was inundated with water.    Read the article………………………..

The south tower of a Sea Isle City condominium building where a worker was killed in a balcony collapse in February has reopened to residents and businesses following the results of a structural assessment that found the building safe.   Read the article………………………..

A Bergen County judge who ruled in January that an Edgewater condo has to allow public access to the Hudson River waterfront, dismissed a lawsuit from a group that had sought immediate access.   Read the article………………………..

Residents who live in an East Orange condominium tower say that deplorable conditions have started to improve after News 12 New Jersey first reported on the issues Wednesday.  Prospect Towers residents complained about piles of trash, partially fallen ceilings and overall filthy conditions. But since News 12’s report, the pile of trash that had been sitting out has been cleared.   Read the article………………………..

An engineering report on the Spinnaker Condominiums’ South Tower found that balconies directly beneath the one that collapsed last month, killing a worker, need further investigation before they are deemed safe for use.   Read the article………………………..

Approximately 120 senior citizens are temporarily homeless after flooding left a Newark condominium building uninhabitable, authorities said.     Read the article………………………..

The owners and renters at Prospect Towers Condominiums say that there is no maintenance team for the building, forcing them to live in what they call deplorable conditions. They say that the ceiling is crumbling, there is no heat or hot water and overflowing garbage.    Read the article………………………..

Baffled. Boggled. Disturbed. Offended. Sad.  These words and similar were used by residents of Hunterdon Creekside to express their sentiments at the Raritan Township Committee meeting Feb. 21 over the recommendation by the township’s engineer to release cash and surety performance guarantees for developer Pulte Homes.    Read the article………………………..

Concerns over the stability of the tower near the Sea Isle City boardwalk prompted an evacuation of residents and the city construction office issued an unsafe structure notice prohibiting access to the building.   Read the article………………………..

A construction worker died and residents were forced from their homes due to a balcony collapse at a Boardwalk condominium complex here.   Read the article………………………..

A man who was pinned under a collapsed balcony at a condo building was pulled from the wreckage late Friday.  A recovery mission was underway for three workers after the 8th-floor balcony collapsed at the Spinnaker condo complex off of 36th Street and the Boardwalk.   Read the article………………………..

Despite significant support from residents, the Neptune Township Committee has yet to formally implement a new residential parking program in Ocean Grove.   Read the article………………………..

Residents of the senior communities move there for the quiet and serenity. That’s what deer like about it, too. And they were there first.   Read the article………………………..

For years, a luxury development known as Admiral’s Walk, which bills itself as having “Edgewater’s only private waterfront walkway,” has been blocking off about 900 feet of Hudson River frontage for its own exclusive use.   Read the article………………………..

A group of condo owners is living in limbo as they wait for construction on their condos to be completed.  A fire in August 2021 burned 12 condo units at Coachlight Square Condominiums in Montrose.   Read the article………………………..

ABergen County state Superior Court judge has ordered a condo association to allow public access to a 900-foot section of its waterfront for use as part of an existing 18-mile pedestrian and bike path that follows the Hudson River.   Read the article………………………..

A two-alarm fire was reported at a condominium complex in Woodbridge Sunday afternoon, officials said.    Read the article………………………..

This is the case of Rialto-Capitol Condominium Association Inc. v. The Burlington Insurance Co. et al., in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.  The Burlington Insurance Co. (TBIC) is fighting back against a $5 million lawsuit filed by the Rialto-Capitol Condominium Association, arguing that they should not be held responsible for covering damages caused by water infiltration in the building’s facade.    Read the article………………………..