rich data in one building but little comparability I saw three lofts on the same building on Sunday, two of which are a little different from each other; the third was so different to the two as to be…
Year: 2006
another illustration from Sunday
make improvements that make your life better, not that might increase ‘value’ Front page Real Estate Section article in Sunday’ NY Times was entitled “Which Building Improvements Really Pay Off?” This article illustrates how misguided it is to pay…
a very fruitful article / NY Times gets into generational conflict in lofts
the third angle: when ‘old’ people like it ‘as is’ and ‘new’ people want to upgrade The front page Real Estate Section article in Sunday’s NY Times entitled “Which Building Improvements Really Pay Off?” has been a very fruitful…
Tagged with: Amenities, Assessments, Generational Conflict, Improvements, Lobby, Ny Times, Roof Deck
Emily Litella and the PS 234 Annex
The on-again-late-again schedule for the annex for Tribeca’s PS 234 is on again. The 10,000 sq ft annex is now expected to open next September, so ignore the warnings that it would not open for a year later. …
NAR pumps up the volume / the politics of boosterism
The National Association of Realtors® ran the first of six full page large newspaper ads last week about now being a great time to buy or sell real estate, which has generated a lot of commentary. I have…
NY Times on what building improvements
Loft amenities are not like other amenities / and “value” does not equal resale Front page Real Estate Section article in Sunday’ NY Times was entitled “Which Building Improvements Really Pay Off?” This article illustrates how lofts (and loft…
Tagged with: 1200 Broadway, 22 W 26, 38 W 26, 4 W 16, 40 W 24, 718 Broadway, Doormen, Gyms, Ny Times, Roof Decks
Open House brunch selections $1.8-$2.3 (careful with the coffee)
I picked out four lofts with open houses around noon on Sunday. Prices vary from $1.825mm to $2.295mm; sizes vary from 1670 sq ft to 2300 sq ft; locations vary from Broadway at Bleecker to Vestry. If you take…
raise lower the roof beam, seminary / Chelsea receptive to new tower plan?
smaller tower to provide seminary bucks Newly renamed Chelsea Now has been following the reaction of neighbors to the General Theological Seminary’s efforts to reap some economic rewards from its holdings by having a developer build a 17 story…
a giant step for REBNY, but how big a step for humankind? Listings web portal coming in the Spring
Springtime data shower expected This afternoon brought an email and press release to us members of the Residential Division of the Real Estate Board of New York about the deluxe spanking brand new (in Spring 2007) “web portal” to…
will Zinc sink the nabe? / trembles & tribulations reported in Tribeca Trib
Pile driving driving cracks up walls, then neighbors The Tribeca Trib carries the news about early construction work at the Zinc Building in the northern reaches of Tribeca (475 Greenwich St, between Canal and Watts). Developer Fabian Friedland, a…
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