not a loft, not in Manhattan, but…This is one of the most amazing videos I have seen about using a small space. No matter how much space you have, at some point you probably wonder if your space can be…
Month: April 2010
memo to NY Times: that's a “loft”, not an “apartment”
and not in East VillageCheck out the slide-show associated with the article in today’s NY Times, An East Village Apartment, Sleek and Childproof. Does that look like a "loft" or an "apartment" to you? Yeah, me too: that’s a loft.…
Tagged with: 2005, 2007, Architect, broadway, Childproof, East 13, East Village, Ny Times, Renovation, Union Square
48 Bond Street closes up 400% since 2008, but …
… it does not countI was amused by a four-fold increase in value when I reported on April 16 about a Tribeca loft March 2010 resale (139 Reade St closes up 400%), but that one had last sold in 1994.…
leaving Manhattan for the Vortex of DUMBO lofts, per The Miller
blogger jealousy is ugly (I must resist)There is an amazing post on The Miller’s blog last Friday that is a departure from his usual fare in two ways: it is an anonymous contribution; and it is a very, very…
Sunday diversion / Mr. Silver doubles down on nutrition
a healthy dose of fact-checking + analysisAnyone who read my April 13 post, Mr. Silver does NY real estate / NY Magazine basks in the glow, knows that I am a big Nate Silver fan. His metier is politics, of…
bank error in your favor, collect $200 [$17,000] / the new Good Faith Estimate for mortgages
one happy surprise at closing (for buyer)Let’s go into the weeds a bit, into the minutia of mortgage lending, a trip occasioned by a note I received from a Manhattan mortgage broker about a client whose lender had to pay…
95 Greene Street goes to war, closes up 8%
prone to reasonable pricingIt looks as thought there was a bidding war when the Manhattan loft #3F at 95 Greene Street sold on April 15 at $1.9mm, since the asking price had been $1.875mm. The loft is said to…
Shia LaBeouf doesn't really live at 31 West 21 Street
soon to be famous Manhattan loft?Fun piece for Manhattan loft lovers in today’s NY Times: Where a Greedy Wall Street Villain Would Feel Right at Home, in which Christine Haughney visits a pretty darn spectacular loft that is featured in…
Tagged with: Empire State, Haughney, Movies, Ny Times, Penthouse, Publishing, Sex, Terrace, Wall Street, West 21
then what? 34 Leonard new Manhattan loft development to be auctioned
wanna buy a building?Back when I was marketing a Tribeca loft that never sold (sellers were firm about what they wanted; The Market was firm that it was not available), I used to watch the construction of 34 Leonard Street…
Tagged with: Amenities, Auction, Busters, Foreclosure, Land Lease, Leonard, New Development, West Broadway
Saturday diversion / QOTD
block that (blockbuster) metaphor!Today’s Quote of the Day references Titanic, cliches, and the Kansas City Royals, and continues a Spring frenzy of baseball-related posts: You know, it’s really a shame that James Cameron made that little movie about the big…
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