Month: November 2012

how did 111 Mercer Street get some kind of one-off exemption from Artist in Residence requirements?

inquiring minds want to knowFascinating piece in the The Real Deal today, In rare instance, Soho building has Artist-in Residence requirement waived, stating that the 4-unit condo residential loft new development at 111 Mercer Street will not have to comply

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nice pics help sell underwhelming 77 Hudson Street loft at $1,089/ft in prime Tribeca

nicer than I remembered itThe listing photos for the “1,711 sq ft” Manhattan loft on the 5th floor at 77 Hudson Street show a loft with some “classic” elements, as advertised (chiefly, the truly massive columns and beams, less so

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141 West 17 Street loft seller takes forever to sell at 7% discount

if at first you don’t succeed …?We’ve had two recent posts about rather long marketing campaigns that ended rather badly for the sellers. (November 6, 21 East 22 Street loft sells after long, painful price discovery, and November 10, 59

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Sunday diversion / where's baseball and why is Tim M not missing?

my TV guide is brokenIf you can help me find Game 5 of the 2012 World Series on television, I’d appreciate it. I know I lost track a while back, but I figure it has to be on on some

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59 John Street loft seller takes forever to take a bath

if at first you don’t succeed …?The guy who paid $1,527,375 for the “1,651 sq ft” newly converted Manhattan loft #8C at 59 John Street in 2007 may never have thought that he was going to make a lot of

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more skirmishing: 58 Walker Street loft zooms through market above ask

what is short and sweet, and worth $1,258/ft?The “1,927 sq ft” Manhattan loft on the 3rd floor at 58 Walker Street had a short and sweet marketing campaign: to market on August 6 at $2.395mm, in contract at $2.425mm by

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21 East 22 Street loft sells after long, painful price discovery

2009 was not such a trough hereThis one has to hurt: not only did the “900 sq ft” Manhattan loft #4F at 21 East 22 Street take 18 months to sell, it sold for a tiny premium over the price

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a bidding skirmish? 142 Duane Street loft nudged above ask

a battle fought on the fields of nomenclatureThe term “bidding war” is oft-used and much loved in the Manhattan division of the Real Estate Industrial Complex, but it covers a variety of intensities and can hard to discern from the

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renovation after 2007 gets 55 N. Moore Street loft 15% over 2009

will I ever understand this business??There are a great many things I do not understand about the Manhattan residential real estate business, so it is good that I am still (kinda, sorta) young. One of the things I don’t understand

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Hudson Mews loft at 256 West 10 Street sells 21% over 2007

a remarkable gain for a disfavored loftThe downtown Manhattan loft market is still almost completely without power and this blog has been dark 4 days. Enough! (At least as far as this little corner of the blogosphere is concerned.) Let’s

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