Year: 2011

at 140 Fifth Avenue, “B” lofts go wild, designer effect boggles

comping is … (you know)The “2,000 sq ft” Manhattan loft #8B at 140 Fifth Avenue had a pretty successful campaign this Summer, coming to market at $2.195mm on June 17 and finding the contract by July 29 that closed at

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600 sq ft loft that “comfortably sleeps 8” sells at 21 East 22 Street, with happy back story, and different front story

telling part of your story on TVIt is a cliche to say that there are 8 million stories in the naked city, but it is also true. The listing description for the “600 sq ft” Manhattan mini-loft #6G at 21

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53 N. Moore Street loft finds right price, eventually, to sell, eventually

I love historyThere is much to love about the listing history of the “1,746 sq ft” Manhattan loft #3A at 53 N. Moore Street (the North Moore) that sold eventually (in case you missed it in the title) for $2.3mm

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Vision Loft at 124 West 18 Street sells with huge premium for roof deck

“Art, meet Science”I don’t know why I continue to be surprised when outdoor space drives value … errr … through the roof, but perhaps that capacity for surprise helps keep me young. Today’s Ponce de Leon moment is occasioned by

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Sunday diversion / “Woody Allen & Earl Monroe” is not a buddy movie

down memory laneI came across this 1977 Sport magazine piece a month or so ago, thanks to the magic of one of the editor-thingys on Instapaper. In ‘honor’ of the doofuses running the No Basketball Anymore league, I offer it

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Renwick penthouse loft at 808 Broadway underperforms the neighbors

it is nice to have compsThere is nothing wrong with the Manhattan loft #PH-L at 808 Broadway (the Renwick) that sold for $1.805mm on October 12. There is “1,700 sq ft” of interior space on 1.5 floors (the master sits

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West Village owner sells above ask to buy 335 Greenwich Street loft above ask

what goes around, comes aroundThe October 14 sale of the “1,600 sq ft” Manhattan loft #9A at 335 Greenwich Street (aka 20 Jay Street and the Hanover River House) earned the green on the Master List of Manhattan Lofts Sold

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Lion's Head loft sells above ask after changing firms

unnecessarily?Trust me: nobody cares about how real estate agents do other than real estate agents. The recent sale of the “1,511 sq ft” plus “170 sq ft” terraced Manhattan loft #2B at 121 West 19 Street (the Lion’s Head) looks

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270 Broadway loft sellers prove to be quite flexible

the runt of the “B litter in southeast TribecaI don’t know enough about yoga to pun well (as you are about to find out), but the quite flexible sellers of the “2,554 sq ft” Manhattan loft #21B at 270 Broadway

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107 West 25 Street loft sells at $956/ft as old Flower District morphs into Chelsea

changing of the guardTwo things jumped out at me about the sale of the Manhattan loft #6D at 107 West 25 Street at $1.1mm on October 17: the first is how the geographic descriptions in the broker babble omit the

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