UES condo claims Ashkenazy retail units owe $33K in unpaid common charges

The condominium board of managers of the Philip House at 141 East 88th Street on the Upper East Side recorded liens earlier this month on six retail condominiums that Ashkenazy Acquisition purchased in 2014 for $17 million. The liens total $32,692 and were recorded on August 12 and 14.

The six units comprise a total of 9,104 square feet and range from 2,463 square feet to 305 square feet. The units span the 200 feet along Lexington Avenue between 88th and 89th streets.

Condo unit owners are required to pay monthly common charges for the maintenance and upkeep of the building. Liens are filed to record money owed to the condo. The filing did not provide details on the money owed.

Condo owners may fail to pay common charges because of financial reasons, or they may withhold paying common charges because of a dispute over work being done in the building or allocation of payments which are not related to financial stress, insiders said. It was not known the cause of this filing and a spokesperson for Ashkenazy declined to comment.

The building was converted from a 1927 rental building by the Cheshire Group to condos and was was declared effective by the New York State Attorney General in 2013.

-Adam Pincus