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4 THE CHICAGOLAND COOPERATOR —FALL 2019 CHICAGOCOOPERATOR.COM VANDERBOSCH. YOUR CHICAGO PLUMBER. 773.523 .1967 vanderbosch.com Serving: Chicago, Hyde Park and Roselle Plumbing • Sewer & Drain • Hot Water & Steam Boilers Live in a multi-story building? Need hot/cold riser replacement service? Visit Booth 328 to learn how we can help Yale Robbins Publisher Henry Robbins Executive Vice President Joanna DiPaola Associate Publisher Hannah Fons Senior Editor David Chiu Associate Editor Pat Gale Associate Editor Shirly Korchak Art Director Anne Anastasi Production Manager Victor Marcos Traffic Coordinator Alan J. Sidransky Staff Writer Peter Chase Director of Sales TABLE OF CONTENTS Removing a Condominium Owner Unlike in a co-op, wherein residents own shares in a corporation entitling them to occupy their apartment. PAGE 1 The Borrowers Whether it’s an aesthetic renovation, emergency repair, or anything in between, con- dos, cooperatives and homeowners’ associations are rarely not spending money on something, sometimes in exorbitant amounts. PAGE 1 Autumn Extermination Challenges Whether in a single-family home or an apartment building, every homeowner has experienced that moment... PAGE 1 Board Optics Community association and co-op boards typically consist of elected volunteers whose job is to serve the best interests of the community in day-to-day decisions both big and small. PAGE 14 Conducting Better Meetings Residents in condo, HOA and co-op communities are frequently quite busy. Boards consist of elected volunteers who nearly always have other jobs and lives. PAGE 16 Condos, Co-ops & Kids While children are most certainly the future, in the present they can often be a bit of a handful. In buildings and associations where residents live in close quarters, it’s inevitable that unit owners without kids will cross paths with their neighbors’ young ‘uns. PAGE 24 Fines and Penalties Community living comes with lots of rules and regulations – many of which are codified in largely static, hard-to-amend governing documents like proprietary leases and condominium declarations. PAGE 26 Internal Affairs The days of homogenized, antiseptic dwellings are behind us. Whether city or sub- urb, people are looking to live in alluring spaces within dynamically-designed resi- dential properties. PAGE 28 Interesting Conflicts There is a natural inclination in business to work with those whom you know and trust. PAGE 30 DIY/Y-Not Amid moments of economic uncertainty, a condominium, cooperative, or home- owner’s association may instinctively want to pinch pennies when it can, especially in regard to maintenance projects.PAGE 32 Basement Rooms Architecture and design have changed a lot over the years. Considerations for ‘what- goes-where’ are very different now than, say, back in the Roaring Twenties, when so much of New York’s housing stock...PAGE 34 Industry Pulse/Calendar PAGE 5 Q&A PAGE 6 Expo Pullout Guide PAGE 19 chicagocooperator.com See us at Booth 625 T he Chicagoland Cooperator is published monthly by Yale Robbins Publications, LLC, 205 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10016, (212) 683-5700. President: Yale Robbins, Executive Vice President: Henry Robbins. Subscriptions are available free by request to co-op and condo board members and home- owner associations. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Chicagoland Cooperator, 205 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10016. ©Yale Robbins Publications, LLC 2019. All rights reserved. Application to mail Periodicals postage rates is pending at New York NY. FREE Subscriptions for Board Members, Property Managers and Real Estate Decision Makers.To Subscribe, please visit us at: chicagocooperator.com/subscr ibe