Developer, Former Resident In Legal Battle Over Tribeca Apartment
465 Washington Street, Arthur Becker, and Valerie Dillon (Photos via Getty Images and 465 Washington Street) In 2012, gallery owner Valerie Dillon received an offer for her stake in a Tribeca apartment building she couldn’t pass up. Developer Arthur Becker needed Dillon’s stake in the building in order to convert it into a boutique condo project. In exchange, Dillon didn’t just want money; she wanted the right to buy back her apartment in the converted building for $50,000. But now, seven years after Dillon moved out of her apartment, Becker — a tech mogul-turned-developer, and the fo...