Month: June 2011

TYAToMLG / the power (or wisdom) of a coop board rejecting a buyer because of price

Two Years Ago Today on Manhattan Loft GuyAbout the legal authority of a coop board to reject a purchase to ‘protect’ shareholders, and whether that makes any sense: power of a coop board to reject a deal as "too low"??

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weekend diversion / feel-good edition

a painless way for you to do good might involve some pain for your familyI put aside this article from the May 17 New York Times, One Death Provides New Life For Many, for a sunny day diversion. Isn’t it

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19 Warren Street loft sold by minor celebrity at major profit

had been a super white boxThe Manhattan loft #PH-W at 19 Warren Street sold on June 7 through a deed filed today (according to StreetEasy), yet the New York Observer observed in yesterday’s edition on-line that it had been sold,

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49 East 21 Street unique buyer overpays for unique loft

but not by a ridiculous amountSeems as though it was just yesterday that we were in the Manhattan loft building 49 East 21 Street; it was: 49 East 21 Street loft shows the benefits (and PAIN) of timing. in looking

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49 East 21 Street loft shows the benefits (and PAIN) of timing

and windows (pain, or none)The Manhattan loft #11C at 49 East 21 Street sold on May 6 at a $100,000 premium to the asking price of $1.75mm. On the one hand, this shows the benefits of windows; on the other

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tiny price drop does magic for 458 Broome Street loft, kinda sorta

an almost yellow saleSo, sue me! I was away this weekend, so did not do my regular Saturday data dump of loft sales newly recorded in the last 7 days. Hence my early Saturday (getting in the car) post about

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One York loft finally sold by sponsor, with or without shirt

it had been rented, hadn’t it??I cannot find a complete past history of the Manhattan loft #9A at 1 York Street (One York, d’oh!) that sold on May 25, but I can tell you that our data-base shows that it

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Sunday night diversion / inspiring kid

Go Mavs!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6ybwW8jqjs&feature=player_embedded h/t Sports Illustrated, then it appeared in bunches of places © Sandy Mattingly 2011 

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21 Astor Place loft sells up 21% in 2 years

smarter than he looks?When the Manhattan loft #7F at 21 Astor Place sold on May 17 for $3,915,000 it made big news not because it found a contract within 6 weeks or had been bought 25 months earlier at $3,225,000,

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120 West 20 Street loft sells off 7.2% since 2007

2007 seller took all the profitI have been meaning for a while to write about the Manhattan loft on the 3rd floor at 120 West 20 Street that sold on March 30 for $1.46mm, but not because that trade was

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