Month: September 2011

John Deco loft resells off 11% since 2008, 7% off sponsor's comp

competition is hard(No, it’s not one of a comping-is-hard sequence, if you are a careful reader.) The “837 sq ft” Manhattan (mini-) loft #815 at 99 John Street might not have been the first resale at the John Deco Lofts

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comping is hard / the laboratory at 321 West 13 Street is rich

a Fall theme emergesYesterday’s post was not the only time I have offered “did I mention that comping is hard?”; it is only the most recent time. (Rather than use a list of links, I will let The Google do

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was there a million dollar renovation at 195 Hudson Street?

I doubt that they (much) improved on state-of-the-artThe “3,227 sq ft” Manhattan loft #5B at 195 Hudson Street has had a rather … dynamic … pricing history, leading to an unanswerable conundrum for me: how much of the increase in

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so a man walks into a restaurant with his kidney, and their spouses … ? Happy 2nd Kidneversary!

two years ago todayWent out to dinner at a nice Greek restaurant in Astoria last night, with my wife (of course) and my left kidney and her husband. Huh? Long-time readers of Manhattan Loft Guy know that “my left kidney”

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mystery loft sale at 39 Crosby Street leads to burning silk hats + pianos

serendipitous unsuccessful searchTomorrow’s news today! The New York Times Sunday real estate feature, Residential Sales Around the Region, has a mysterious loft sale that caught my eye even though it is a little out of my usual price range (the

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raise the price to get the price, as Lion's Head loft sells after oddly successful campaign

up 7.5% since 2007This is one of those days on which I see Manhattan Loft Guy as a collector of curios, a collection of just one damn Bright Shiny Object after another. Today’s BSO is the “1,990 sq ft” Manhattan

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nothing stays the same, a/k/a the gentrification issue in Chelsea + Lower East Side

car repair shop editionOh the serendipity of juxtaposition! If you looked at The Real Deal this morning (which is still in full spasm mode over the 100th edition celebrations) you’d have seen two items just 5 posts apart dealing with

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