Month: March 2011

OYAToMLG / people under 3 feet high + Tribeca history edition

One Year Ago Today on Manhattan Loft Guy (an occasional series)My post a year ago today was about the template of news articles that get recycled every few years, “the population of Tribeca has grown xx% since YY…”: Quote For

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104 Charlton Street loft takes 18% hit to close

mind the gapThose of us ‘brave’ enough to second-guess pricing strategy from the safety of past sales data for Manhattan lofts are intrigued by the history of a loft like #6W at 104 Charlton Street. It started at $2.55mm and

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short One York v. tall tower / NY Post offers part of the (temporary) sculpture garden story

we’ve been here before (recently)Today’s NY Post residential real estate section has two pieces of interest to Manhattan loft aficionados by Max Gross. One is a love note to the southernmost blocks in Soho, with recaps of hotels, condo development

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a tale of two Ones in Tribeca, Worth vs. York

sounds like the Wars of the RosesYork against Worth. New uber-condo against 6th floor walk-up. $1,091/ft against $757/ft. $1,065,000 against $1,059,581, which is the only way these two Manhattan lofts are close to each other. (Unless you consider 6 blocks

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what is the opposite of Soho?

this post is not about Soho (much), though it does involve Soho artistsAfter playing in the Soho artist-in-residence/real estate sandbox yesterday and again on Saturday, Manhattan Loft Guy takes a break to hit a town in Texas that might just

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it is impossible to prove that the Soho artist in residence regulations are a resale problem unless 'victims' come forward

number crunching cannot get you thereOne way to look at how different people talk about A.I.R. in Soho is whether they think it is “a problem” or whether they think it is like white noise (always present, more or less,

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it is impossible to prove that the Soho artist in residence regulations are a resale problem unless 'victims' come forward

number crunching cannot get you thereOne way to look at how different people talk about A.I.R. in Soho is whether they think it is “a problem” or whether they think it is like white noise (always present, more or less,

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ballyhooed loft masterpiece at 48 Bond Street off (only) 6% since peak

et tu, Berke?When the Manhattan loft #7A at 48 Bond Street sold on February 23 at $2.395mm, it was the second resale in this much-praised 2007 new development that helped remake this corner of Noho, though the first resale of

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ballyhooed loft masterpiece at 48 Bond Street off (only) 6% since peak

et tu, Berke?When the Manhattan loft #7A at 48 Bond Street sold on February 23 at $2.395mm, it was the second resale in this much-praised 2007 new development that helped remake this corner of Noho, though the first resale of

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is renter protection the thorniest (and separable) piece of the Soho artist in residence puzzle?

[update: I added some more to the mix with my March 7, it is impossible to prove that the Soho artist in residence regulations are a resale problem unless ‘victims’ come forward] once more into the breachIt has been quite

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