{"id":460894,"date":"2025-12-20T22:07:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T22:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/460894\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T22:07:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T22:07:14","slug":"ron-perelmans-wife-cant-unload-nyc-penthouse-because-co-op-wants-to-steal-the-terrace-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/460894\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Perelman&#8217;s wife can&#8217;t unload NYC penthouse because co-op wants to steal the terrace: Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire Ron Perelman\u2019s wife can\u2019t unload her mom\u2019s posh Park Avenue penthouse, that comes complete with wraparound terrace, because the co-op has allegedly laid claim to a portion of its outdoor space.<\/p>\n<p>Madeleine Chapman \u2014 whose Harvard-educated psychiatrist daughter Anna married Perelman in 2010 \u2014 lived in the stunning four bed, 2.5 bath home for 27 years until her death in September 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The home, which is temporarily off the market, was listed at $5.9 million and features a private landing, a chef\u2019s kitchen, an in-unit washer\/dryer and \u201cbreathtaking skyline views,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/streeteasy.com\/building\/1049-park-avenue-new_york\/ph?utm_campaign=sale_listing&amp;utm_medium=share&amp;utm_source=web&amp;lstt=CdtAFxtmX_XXYyBjOr9JDAcz6ONXVXIgaCZ7uw3lN8C5AFCKdcrSxDZHC3PGml0wYdxiOFcOn0KEPCTa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to a real estate listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Madeleine Chapman died in September 2023 and lived in the co-op for 27 years, according to a lawsuit. Legacy<\/p>\n<p>Ron Perelman and Anna Chapman married in 2010. Kevin Mazur<\/p>\n<p>Despite interest from numerous buyers, Anna Chapman said she had to take the apartment off the market after the co-op claimed the East Terrace, with windows looking directly into one of the bathrooms and a bedroom, was a common space for the 13-story building, which has less than 40 units.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring Ms. Chapman\u2019s residency in the Penthouse, she enjoyed extensive, uninterrupted, and exclusive use of the entire Terrace as outdoor space that was part of the Penthouse,\u201d Anna Chapman said in a Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, the co-op tried to claim the East Terrace as a common space, but eventually caved and agreed to give Chapman exclusive use of the space, her daughter said in court papers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe East Terrace has never been used for common Building purposes,\u201d according to the lawsuit, which noted access to the area is limited and not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.<\/p>\n<p>The co-op claims the East Terrace of the penthouse is a common area. Helayne Seidman<\/p>\n<p>The floorplan shows both terraces adjacent to the penthouse. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe board of directors knows that our client is trying to sell its unit and is using extortion to claim property it does not have any rights to,\u201d said attorney Adam Leitman Bailey, who represents Madeleine Chapman\u2019s estate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The terrace can\u2019t be made public because there are too many restrictions on access, Bailey added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis terrace was made to be used for one family and not a common area,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The co-op didn\u2019t respond to The Post\u2019s call for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Billionaire Ron Perelman\u2019s wife can\u2019t unload her mom\u2019s posh Park Avenue penthouse, that comes complete with wraparound terrace,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":460895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,336,5418,5249,10476,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,210384,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-460894","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-lawsuits","10":"tag-luxury-real-estate","11":"tag-manhattan","12":"tag-manhattan-supreme-court","13":"tag-metro","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-ron-perelman","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-us-news","27":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115754175317078765","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}