What are land-lease buildings? Are they common in NYC?

… The vast majority of residential buildings in New York City own the land they sit on but a tiny percentage rent the land from someone else These are called landlease or groundlease buildings yet another quirk of NYC … of the underlying lease anyone thinking of buying into a landlease building should consider the potential risks …

By Evelyn Battaglia |December 4, 2023 - 12:30PM