seemed like a good idea at the time (2008), no?Take a photograph of the folks who just sold the Manhattan loft #8C at the 2005 new development 505 Greenwich Street and put the photo in the gallery labeled We Rue…
Year: 2010
36 White Street misses the party, closes (off the radar) like its 2005
et tu, StreetEasy?The Manhattan loft on the 3rd floor at 36 White Street just closed for $1,337,500 (deed June 1, filed PDQ on June 4). Of course there are things about the Manhattan real estate business that I will never…
with 95 Greene Street contract, reality vs. NY Post / who wins?
probably not Murdoch’s faultI have my doubts about Exhibit A in support of a NY Post article today with a provocative headline, lede and story. the article is A bidders market / Upscale homes rebounding in NYC the lede is…
sale at 454 West 46 Street strikes an off note, down 5% since 2004
paging Billy Joel August 12, 2004: $1.1mm May 27, 2010: $1.045mm (after "beautifully [sic] renovations") That is a very unhelpful data point for neighboring shareholders. That’s the history of one Manhattan loft in the storied Piano Factory, 454 West 46…
making (no) sense of The Market / what did The Elf buy at 345 West 13 Street?
paging David ByrneIn this episode, Manhattan Loft Guy starts with a celebrity purchase, moans about transactions without brokers, touches on how difficult it can be to compare same-building loft sales, and finally (nearly?) goes bonkers on why ACRIS data sometimes…
suing, shaming + publicizing your problems / a fraught cost-benefit analysis
rocks + hard placesIf I hadn’t gotten distracted on Tuesday by other recent news and expanded a draft post into the politics, wisdom or inanity of airing dirty linen about your coop or condo, I would have focused on the…
ups and downs at One York / recent sale off 7% since 2008
(a) lower, higher, then lower, all at very high levelsThe blogosphere just loves a $24 million dollar Manhattan loft, so the news that the Penthouse at One York Street closed last week for $23,689,586 made quite a splash on Curbed…
the politics, wisdom or inanity of airing dirty linen about your coop or condo
something in the water??I had intended this morning to do a post focused on one particular dispute between a condo developer and unit owners in Brooklyn, but then I saw an article in today’s NY Times airing angry emails between…
Tagged with: Condo Board, Construction, Coop Board, Green, Leed, Litigation, New Development, Publicity, Shareholder Meeting
today is for memory and …
MemorialI have been wearing a number 40 red football jersey all weekend with someone’s name on it who I’ve never met and wasn’t a fan of while he played, but am remembering this weekend. Who are you remembering? Some years…
if sold in 2005 and 2008 at same price, how to price a loft for 2010?
too weird to overlookI am not going to offer too many details about this currently-listed Manhattan loft, so prepare to be frustrated! I think this loft’s history is just too weird to not comment on, so nuts to you. The…
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