attention to some details, not others The “1,800 sq ft” Manhattan penthouse loft on the 5th floor of 399 Washington Street at a funny little corner in Northwest Tribeca has many surface similarities to the raw-to-mints-in-3-years loft that I…
Year: 2013
difficult penthouse loft sells above ask at 399 Washington Street
Tagged with: Comps, Jay, Kitchen, Layout, Longandnarrow, Neighbor, Outdoor Space, Penthouse, Renovation, Washington
from raw to mints, 14 Jay Street loft doubles in value
old market news, newly closed The recently sold “1,620 sq ft” Manhattan loft on the 3rd floor at 14 Jay Street is a rather recent sale (July 15) but it does not reflect the recent market: the deal that…
Tagged with: Brick, Ceiling, Coney Island, Delayed Closing, Flip, Jay, Longandnarrow, Pipes, Raw, Renovation
diversion is but more immersion in the muck
another stab at ARod, of course Having gone off on insincere Ryan Braun not once, but twice (July 27, diversion: the baseball I told you so edition), I’d hate anyone to think that I am soft on #13 if I…
Beach Street loft neighbor expands, takes out neighbor at fair price
once more into the breach … er … beach The recent private sale of the “1,722 sq ft” Manhattan loft #6C at 62 Beach Street in the Fischer Mills Building for $3.05mm ($1,771/ft) fascinates me. I always wonder how…
does residential “loft” mean something different in California housing?
paging Inigo Montoya*In today’s Home and Garden section of the New York Times, a Great Homes and Destinations feature (Riding in Tandem), a California couple who built a brand new “empty nest” on a half acre on the outskirts of…
Tagged with: California, Concrete, Glass, New York Times, Outdoor Space, Philip Johnson, Pool, Space, Spring Street, Steel
1 Worth Street loft neighbor bails out neighbor, at a (likely) discount
not an act of charity Hold on to your hats: this will be a bit of a bouncy ride. As I will explain, it is hard to blame StreetEasy too much for the sheer irrationality of the apparent…
22 Warren Street penthouse loft sells 6% above ask with 3 terraces, only 2 bedrooms
the limits of the loft formThere is a way to turn the recently sold “2,053 sq ft” Manhattan duplexed penthouse loft on the 6th floor at 22 Warren Street in southeast Tribeca into 3 bedrooms, but it would be hugely…
New York Times explains “how to land a loft”
I take this personally The headline feels like Manhattan Loft Guy bait, at least to me: the latest Michelle Higgins Sunday real estate piece in the Old Grey Lady is How To Land A Loft (in tomorrow’s physical paper,…
176 Broadway loft finally sells (at $556/ft!)
apparently, buyers prefer windows (go figure) I know of no downtown Manhattan loft building that The Market treats the way it does 176 Broadway. There remains a mystery (to me*) legacy that causes things like this to happen: the “1,906…
B side of the hyper-local market at 51 Walker Street is up 25% since 2011
more or less, in theoryOf course a continual theme on Manhattan Loft Guy is how a specific data point (loft sale) relates to The market over time, often by reference to a specific set of market conditions in which the…
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