Year: 2012

agent sells Chelsea Mercantile loft from San Francisco

even north is a happier faceYou need to do some extra clicking on StreetEasy to get the full narrative on the successful marketing campaign that just got $2.2mm for the “1,586 sq ft” Manhattan loft #7G at 252 Seventh Avenue

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a Manhattan loft pioneer (of a different sort) remembers, records

a mutual admiration society is revealedIf you are a fan of Manhattan lofts (that’s everybody, right?), you are familiar with the work of architect Joseph Pell Lombardi. He worked on the conversion or construction of the Mohawk Atelier at 161

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developer’s remorse? Gansevoort loft sells +50% over 2009 sponsor sale at 325 West 13 Street

fill in the blank: timing is  …?The title question is not quite a Philip K. Dick level inquiry, but I have to wonder if developers have feelings, after noting the resale of the “2,236 sq ft” duplex Manhattan loft #1

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mystery sale at 130 West 19 Street: did Chelsea House private sale leave a bad comp in neighbors’ mouths?

is this sacrilege?This will be short, as it is too late for an old guy to be blogging, but that’s what happens when you run around all day and don’t blog…. Very interesting sale of the “1,250 sq ft” Manhattan

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Sunday diversion / faulty logic, but very interesting baseball question

Jayson Stark poked me in the eye (unintentionally, but still)If you are a fan of Manhattan Loft Guy baseball diversions, you know I have taken a pretty hard line about reigning National League MVP Ryan Braun. (Refresh yourself with my

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surprise: Jade loft re-sells +8% over 2007 purchase at 16 West 19 Street

small loft with a big podThe “904 sq ft” Manhattan mini-loft #10C at 16 West 19 Street (Jade) just had a pretty successful resale, up 8.2% over the sponsor sale (with transfer fees) at the end of 2007. (Put aside

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loft on top of 303 Mercer Street sold with a very expensive roof deck

meanwhile, back at Snug Harbor …Now that I have gotten that record-keeping rant out of my system and onto the intertubes (May 30, did it really take 3 contracts to sell top floor loft with private roof at 303 Mercer

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did it really take 3 contracts to sell top floor loft with private roof at 303 Mercer Street for 99.3% of ask?

I hate these fuzzy historiesThis much we know: the Manhattan loft triplex with roof terrace #A608 at 303 Mercer Street (in the oh-so-poetic Snug Cove [oops] Harbor 3-building coop) came to market on July 5, 2011 at $2.995mm and closed

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for Memorial Day, remember & learn before eating & drinking

reprise I & reprise III don’t think I can put it any better than I said it two years ago: Every American service member who has died in service is a tragedy for his or her family and for a

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TYATOMLG: 1999 + 2010 loft resales at 27 N. Moore Street & 71 Warren Street

playing with time and (outdoor) spaceInto The Wayback Machine, Sherman, as we go back to Manhattan Loft Guy two years ago today to catch up on (then) recent sales of two lofts that both previously sold way back in 1999.

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