:format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/49752213/Screen_20Shot_202016-03-31_20at_2011.20.36_20AM.0.png)
Prospect Park Residence scandal: news and updates
-
October 16, 2017
Scandal-plagued Park Slope senior center might go condo after all
Sugar Hill Capital will test the market to see if there’s any interest in condos at the site.
-
September 13, 2017
Scandal-plagued Park Slope senior center will soon become high-end rentals
The northwest corner of Prospect Park, once home to a senior residence, will soon get 67 new rentals.
-
October 12, 2016
Park Slope senior home sale closes, paving way for apartments
Sugar Hill Capital and Haysha Deitsch have closed on the sale of Prospect Park Residence, a senior home on Prospect Park West, for $84M. The building will reportedly undergo a residential conversion.
-
September 2, 2016
Notorious Park Slope senior home landlord finally settles with ousted tenants
In June this year, the five women at the senior home reached a settlement with Deitsch to stay at the Residence until August 31 and receive $3.35M to relocate afterwards. The following month, Deitsch defaulted on those payments.
-
August 3, 2016
Notorious Prospect Park senior home landlord's money woes worsen
After defaulting on his payments to five holdout tenants, Hayscha Deitsch’s other property assets may be in trouble. The law is pressing for a lien against two of Deitsch’s other properties that would remain in effect until he ponies up the funds promised to the seniors.
-
July 19, 2016
Notorious Park Slope landlord defaults on buyouts for holdout seniors
The landlord had agreed to pay the tenants a $3.1 million lump sum, but has so far only managed to cough up $250,000, paid over two installments. A lawyer for Deitsch blamed the developers, Sugar Hill Partners, for not moving forward on the sale.
-
June 16, 2016
Notorious Park Slope landlord faces foreclosure on senior home
he owner of the property, Haysha Deitsch, has defaulted on the $33.4 million mortgage he took out on the building in 2006, and now a real estate investor has purchased that debt, and is looking to foreclose on the property.
-
June 1, 2016
Prospect Park Residence Seniors Reach $3.35M Settlement
Five elderly women will receive a chunk of the settlement and get to stay at the facility until the end of August. As part of the settlement, each of the women will receive a payment of $533,333.
-
May 9, 2016
Only 5 Tenants Remain at Park Slope's Embattled Assisted Living Facility
Landlord Haysha Deitsch announced plans to sell the Prospect Park Residence to a developer in 2013. Since then, a mess of evictions, wrongful death accusations, and lawsuits have swirled around the assisted living facility. Only five tenants remain in the building now.
-
March 31, 2016
Lawsuits May Bar Notorious Park Slope Landlord From Profiting on Senior Home Sale
It's just been a whirlwind of lawsuits for this Park Slope senior assisted living facility since its notorious landlord tried to sell the property and from before that as well. He stands to lose million and will likely not profit from the building's eventual sale.
-
March 15, 2016
Notorious Park Slope Landlord Is Suing Tenants' Children For $50M
The landlord attempted to sell the building for $76.5 million last year. But that didn't work either. Ongoing litigation prevented the sale which caused the interested buyer to sue the landlord as well.
-
February 18, 2016
Kin of Evicted Park Slope Seniors Seek Protecting Legislation
Scorned landlord Haysha Deitsch is back in it again