Century Management

At a glance

Firm: Century Management (also styled Century Management Services, Inc.) Type: Long-standing New York City residential managing agent for cooperatives, condominiums, and rentals History: A New York residential management company; per the firm's public materials it dates to 1971 and has concentrated on cooperative and condominium management since the late 1980s Focus: Full-service co-op and condo management across the New York metropolitan area Official website: centuryny.com — see the firm's About Us and Property Management pages Buildings verified in our database: 2 (see below); coverage is growing Source: The Roebling Team at Compass — compiled from building records on file and publicly available information. July 2026.

Who Century Management is

Century Management is a long-established New York City residential managing agent that works across cooperatives, condominiums, and rental buildings. The two names a buyer will encounter — "Century Management" and "Century Management Services" — refer to the same operation; the corporate form ("Century Management Services, Inc.") is the one that tends to appear on formal documents such as budget certifications in offering-plan amendments, while "Century Management" is the more common short form.

As with any managing agent, the firm's tenure and scale are context, not a substitute for building-level diligence. What matters in a specific transaction is how that building's board and management run the property today — reserve posture, capital-project history, staffing, and the responsiveness of the management office — all of which are visible in the building's own financials, minutes, and house rules rather than in a firm-wide description. Because management contracts are held at the discretion of each board, the current managing agent should be confirmed at offer stage, even where a building has a documented history with Century.

Common diligence questions

When a building is managed by Century — or any managing agent — these are the questions we help buyers and sellers work through with the building and their counsel:

• Board-package turnaround: How long does the managing agent take to process a board package, and how quickly are interviews and approvals scheduled? What is the realistic timeline from a fully assembled package to a closing?
• Financials, reserves, and minutes: Can a buyer's attorney obtain recent audited financial statements, the current budget, reserve-fund detail, and board-meeting minutes during due diligence, and what does the managing agent's document-request process look like?
• Responsiveness and staffing: Is there on-site staff (superintendent, doorman, resident manager) or is the building run on an off-site model? How are routine requests and after-hours emergencies handled?
• Closing, waiver, and move-in handling: How does the agent administer the right-of-first-refusal or waiver process for condos, the closing coordination for co-ops, and move-in scheduling, fees, and insurance requirements?
• Assessments and capital projects: Are any assessments currently in place or contemplated, and what capital projects (facade/Local Law 11, elevators, roof, mechanicals) are planned or underway?
• Flip-tax administration: If the building has a flip tax or transfer fee, how is it calculated and collected at closing, and who confirms the amount in advance?
• Certificate of insurance (COI) process: What are the agent's COI requirements and turnaround for move-ins, renovations, and vendors?

The Roebling Team on Century buildings

We publish management-company profiles because the managing agent shapes a good part of the ownership experience — how quickly a deal closes, how a building's finances are documented, and how day-to-day operations run. The Roebling Team at Compass tracks these firms building by building and brings that context to each transaction.

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Corey Cohen, Principal · The Roebling Team at Compass 646.939.7375 · c.cohen@compass.com

Management-company assignments, building policies, contacts and procedures can change. Buyers and sellers should verify current information with the building, managing agent, board materials, and counsel. This page reflects publicly available information and building records on file; The Roebling Team at Compass does not represent Century Management. © 2026 The Roebling Team at Compass.