Roosevelt Island's Manhattan Park Management To Begin Elevator Modernization On June 25 - When Will They Begin Motorgate North Elevator Repairs

 Image of 30 River Road Manhattan Park Elevator Bank from Mark Lyon

Reported previously on problems with the Roosevelt Island Manhattan Park building elevators. A Manhattan Park resident sends this announcement from building management:

Dear Residents,

On Monday June 25 we will begin a major upgrade of all of the elevators at Manhattan Park. During this modernization project, we will be upgrading one elevator at a time in each building.

Management will be sending out periodic progress updates as they become available.

We hope to minimize any inconvenience during these upgrades.

We thank you in advance for your cooperation

Manhattan Park Management

Also reported last February that Manhattan Park ownership had tentatively agreed to repair the North Motorgate elevators

 Image of Broken North Motorgate Parking Elevator

 at the same time that they renovate the Manhattan Park building elevators:

... the Motorgate North Elevator is about to get replaced according to a resolution approved at the January 2012 Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) Board of Directors meeting (Video web cast here).

As shown in the video below, RIOC Chief Financial Officer Steve Chironis explains that after 7 years of RIOC negotiations with Motorgate Garage partner Roosevelt Island Associates a/k/a Manhattan Park (Manhattan Park owns 39%, RIOC 61%), a tentative agreement has been reached to replace the Motorgate North elevators damaged by water infiltration and out of service for approximately 10 years. Mr. Chironis reports the agreement calls for sharing the approximately $575,000 cost to totally replace the North elevators in the same percentage as ownership with RIOC paying $384,000 and Roosevelt Island Associates $190,000. At Roosevelt Island Associates request/insistence, included in the cost to RIOC will be payment of about $89,000 to correct original defects in Motorgate North Elevator design. According to Mr. Chironis, work will commence in April 2012.

You Tube Video of Motorgate North Elevator Replacement

RIOC Director David Kraut said that over many years Roosevelt Island Associates had demonstrated recalcitrance in maintaining and upkeeping these elevators at their own expense though he still voted to approve the agreement.

Mr. Chironis mentioned that a stumbling block in the negotiation to fix the Motorgate North Elevator has been that Roosevelt Island Associates wanted RIOC to fix the Motorgate escalator. I am not sure what that is about but RIOC has wanted to remove the escalator for a long time.

Mr. Chironis added that Manhattan Park is also replacing the elevators in their building.

Let's see if Manhattan Park ownership starts work repairing the North Motorgate elevators as well.