not everything is a gut project, or done to the 9s I mean no disrespect to the “1,170 sq ft” Manhattan loft #6B at 161 West 15 Street (Jensen-Lewis Building) by saying that it is nothing special. It is…
Month: April 2013
161 West 15 Street is nothing special, other than priced right for the market
Tagged with: Broker Babble, Cabinets, Comps, Jensenlewis, Kitchen, Light, Neighbor, Renovation, West 15
9 White Street penthouse loft created $2.5mm in value after 2010
how to increase value without increasing space I had a bit of an email conversation this week with a Manhattan Loft Guy reader about the “3,500 sq ft” Manhattan loft on the top of 9 White Street, which had…
Tagged with: Ceilings, Columns, Duplex, Longandnarrow, Outdoor Space, Penthouse, Renovation, Rooftop, Stairway, White
“recently renovated” 7 East 17 Street loft sells 18% over 2011 sale (as “newly renovated”)
there are no rules Of course there are no rules about how many calendar pages can be torn off before a listing should no longer be described as “newly” or “recently” renovated. In the case of the “2,774 sq…
Tagged with: Broker Babble, Closets, Comps, East 17, East 18, Gut, Layout, Neighbor, Outdoor Space, Renovation
diversion about real estate (any discussion of Gentrification is tangentially about Manhattan loft neighborhoods)
though the focus recently is on Brooklyn A perennial never-get-to on my Don’t Do list is a thought piece on how neighborhoods change, including my personal history as a residential pioneer in the then newly-minted Tribeca (truly TriBeCa in…
Tagged with: Brooklyn, Change, Diversion, Gentrification, History, New York Observer, Tribeca, Utne, Williamsburg
a tricky $1,220/ft for a most lovely gut job of 451 Broome Street loft that took 50 weeks + 3 contracts to sell
a pretty short year This is the kind of history that is so infuriatingly rich that it is a shame not to know the whole story. The “2,400 sq ft” Manhattan loft #7E at 451 Broadway came to market a…
penthouse loft at 363 Greenwich finally sells, only 29% above 2004
The Market contains a multitude of data points One of the nice things about being with one of the largest residential real estate brokerages in Manhattan is that our listing system has some very rich past sales data about…
Tagged with: 1999, 2004, Duplex, Efficient, Greenwich, Outdoor Space, Penthouse, Renovation, Terrace, Zen
73 Worth Street loft goes a little above ask, a lot above 2010 (of course)
doing the Buy Low, Sell High thing I never tire of these stories: a Manhattan loft with a past sales history that says interesting things about past market conditions, or buyers/sellers who achieve the real estate ideal of Buy…
not new news, but Sonic Youth sell close-to-raw loft at 292 Lafayette at $1,033/ft
figures, right? You’d never see this kind of color in a listing description (darn), but the loft that was described in New York Magazine in the 1990s as “a perfect combination of total trash and sweet shine” has been…
Tagged with: 1990s, Cbgb, Gut, Lafayette, Musician, Primitive, Raw, Renovation, Rock Star, Sonic Youth
diversion from the archives / still a beautiful city
still, time lapsed My April 14, 2012 diversion, beautiful Saturday diversion / beautiful city, time lapsed, is worth another look. Still diverting, still lapsing, still New York, still with a (slight) Manhattan loft neighborhood angle. If you’ve seen it…
25 Murray Street loft slow walks through market, takes 7 months to deal at small discount
inefficiency is maddening The “1,850 sq ft” Manhattan loft #6E at 25 Murray Street (Tribeca Space) recently sold for $2.145mm, at a tiny discount to last ask, less than a 5% discount to the prior ask, and less than…
Tagged with: Broker Babble, Comps, Discount, Efficient, Inventory, Irony, Murray, Neighbor, Rational, Tribeca Space
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