Property Management Nation

Madonna is known for her high-power dance routines and energetic music.  According to neighbors she has been taking her work home with her and using her apartment as a rehearsal studio.  Karen George, a resident of 1 W 64th St on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, filed a lawsuit Friday against Midboro Management Inc. the management company of the apartment building where she resides in Central Park New York.  She lives over apartment 7A where the 51-year-old pop-star Madonna lives.  She states that “Madonna and one or more of her invited guests repeatedly dance and/or train in apartment 7A to unreasonable high decibel amplified music, causing noise and vibration to pour through the walls,” as reported by Reuters and included in the lawsuit filed in the New York Supreme Court (Court Document).  This is not the first complaint filed; George first complained back in 2008 and was ignored by the co-op board of directors.

Madonna herself has sued Midboro Management back in 2007 when they reportedly wrongfully blocked her attempt to buy a neighbor’s apartment.  She already owns three units in the building.  She bought the first apartment back in 2007 and had her younger brother Christopher G. Ciccone help her design the incorporation of the three units into one living space.  They went for a classic early Art Deco look built by architect Stephan Wang of Procter and Wang.

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Madonna may be a world superstar but should her status allow her to be a nuisance neighbor?  Apparently the board of the luxury apartments has already threatened to evict her, but has yet to follow up on said threats.  Will the star be forced to tone it down or will she continue to hold her frequent dance sessions featuring loud music for up to three hours a day?  As revered as she is by many, would you want to live next door?