William J. Davis, Inc. v. The Tuxedo LLC and Tuxedo Tenants Association, Inc.

FERREN, Senior Judge:

This appeal invites us to interpret and apply the Tenants’ Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA), 1 which authorizes an organization of tenants, under prescribed conditions, to purchase their building even though another party, such as a land developer, had already contracted to do so. In this case, a developer, appellant William J. Davis, Inc. (Davis), seeks reversal of the trial court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of the appellee, Tuxedo Tenants Association, Inc. (TA) — a judgment allowing TA, instead of Davis, to purchase the apartment building where TA’s…