he’s not the only oneStart with “an amazing combination of genuine loft style and a top of the line renovation using only the best of modern materials” (“[d]esigned by [a] noted architect”). Add in 11 foot ceilings, classic brick, and…
Year: 2012
“noted architect” will be disappointed that “incredible” 200 Mercer Street loft went for $939/ft
Tagged with: Architect, Ceiling, Construction, Curbed, Kitchen, Mercer, Mezzanine, New York Times, Nyu, Renovation
still, a sad day, remarkably so
so just a bunch of linksNice and short piece (especially nice, for being so short) in The Broadsheet Daily yesterday, heading a list of events that memorialize September 11, 2001. I hope he won’t mind me quoting the paragraph, in…
price discovery was long + hard for 144 West 27 Street loft with 2 kitchens, 3 dishwashers
what was the plan here?The folks who just sold the “2,850 sq ft” Manhattan loft #4F at 144 West 27 Street seem to have bought it as two lofts in 1998 (for $662,000) yet never got around to (fully) combining…
about that Master List of downtown Manhattan loft sales …
if you need a diversion from Manhattan lofts today, look elsewhere (anywhere else)I think this is the second week in a row, but perhaps only the second time in the last few months, that the Master List of Manhattan Lofts…
Tagged with: Asking Price, Contract, Data, Google Docs, Market Report, Master List, Miller, New Development, Resale, Spreadsheet
loft at 65 West 13 Street disguised as prewar apartment sells at $1,572/ft
why do people DO these things??I am fascinated by things that don’t fit, such as a person selling a Park Avenue prewar to move to a classic loft, or an artist selling a Noho loft to move to the Upper…
Tagged with: Apartment, Comps, Greenwich, Molding, Neighbor, Park Avenue, Prewar, Renovation, Style, West 13
loft at 27 N. Moore Street sells a tad low after public auction
a difficult data point as a compMy first thought on seeing that the notorious “2,300 sq ft” Manhattan loft #3C at 27 N. Moore Street (the Ice House; not the other [first] Ice House) has closed after that public auction…
Tagged with: Arms Length, Auction, Comp, Curbed, Fees, Ice House, Lien, Malcolm Carter, Market Sale, N Moore
third 307 West Broadway loft sells in 2012
a big jolt to the systemSmall Manhattan loft buildings have fragile ecosystems, and the smaller the more fragile. Take as one example the 7-unit oh-so-classic loft building 307 West Broadway at the extreme southern edge of Soho. I hit it…
Tagged with: Artist, Comps, Culture, Kitchen, Neighbor, New York Times, Primitive, Raw, Renovation, West Broadway
Happy 3rd Kidneyversary
life is good (pass it on)Long-time readers of Manhattan Loft Guy probably got the hint in yesterday’s diversion (September 3 , holiday diversion is a reprise), but there is no need to merely hint today: three years ago today my…
holiday diversion is a reprise
do some good, y’allYes, it is Labor Day, which deserves its own post. But I am dipping into the Manhattan Loft Guy archives today for this post from June 18, 2011, weekend diversion / feel-good edition, with a link to…
Sunday diversion / reading the Psalms for medical clues (and rap music)
connectionsTalk about a diversion from Manhattan lofts! Start at a neuroscience blog about Psalm 137, before visiting a (the?) famous Jewish rapper… Mindhacks notes that the fearsome text of Psalm 137 reads like a description of stroke symptoms, and that…
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