a curiously low price for a curiously configured spaceRemember that loft in the charming West Village that sold near $1,200/ft while needing a complete build-out? Of course you do: January 22, West Village loft that needs a total build-out sells…
Year: 2013
second floor loft empire at 66 Crosby Street increases at $946/ft
Tagged with: broadway, Ceilings, Combination, Comps, Crosby, Mezzanine, Neighbor, Renovation, Sound, Windows
was year-end loft sale at 101 Warren Street motivated by tax uncertainty?
the gain might make it worthwhile to have worried about tax uncertaintyMy rant about the Tax Uncertainty Meme that ran through the Manhattan Media Division of the Real Estate Industrial Complex (January 4, in which Manhattan Loft Guy bravely calls…
Tagged with: Capital Gains, Comps, Discount, Meme, Miller, Neighbor, Real Estate Industrial Complex, Tax, Uncertainty, Warren
West Village loft that needs a total build-out sells at 59 Barrow Street for $1,190/ft
and renovation ain’t cheapAmong New York real estate broker babble conventions, to start a listing description “bring your imagination” or “bring your architect” or “create a dream loft” are both common and effective ways to manage expectations. The marketing campaign…
Tagged with: Barrow, Ceiling, Combination Gut, Commerce, Comps, Doorway, First Floor, Ground, Neighbor, Renovation
Sunday diversion is about love (birds, bees and young people) and staying out late
a matter of personal indulgenceThrough the miracle of the inter-tubes, and the confidence of the principals and the editors of the Old Grey Lady, we got home well after midnight to find that the wedding we had just come from…
Tagged with: Algorithm, Baseball, Diversion, Friends, Grantland, Mvp, New York Times, Photos, Statistics, Wedding
weekend diversion on social media as tool to get a puppy
the key is the dadFascinating piece from The Atlantic that I hope is tearing up the inter-tubes involving 5 cute kids who want a puppy, Facebook, and a set of parents who were trying to delay the arrival of the…
Tagged with: 19th Century, Diversion, Facebook, Internet, Kids, Puppy, Social Media, The Atlantic, Viral
working artist loft at 121 Mercer Street sells just under $1,000/ft
it doesn’t get any more arty than thisThere are artist’s lofts and then there are artist’s lofts. The “2,000 sq ft” Manhattan loft on the 2nd floor at 121 Mercer Street deep in the heart of Soho is recognizably an…
market corrects an over-correction on price of quintessential Hohner loft at 475 Broadway
funny how that worksThe November 20 sale of the “1,925 sq ft” Manhattan loft #4E at 475 Broadway (Hohner Building) shows up on the Master List of Manhattan Lofts Sold Since November 2008 as an above-ask sale because … well…
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what changed in 2012 to get 8 Warren Street loft sold in September but not January?
what a difference 9 months madeI am not saying there is a rational explanation for this, just that these are facts about the “2,010 sq ft” Manhattan loft #5E at 8 Warren Street (Trinity Stewart Condominium): it did not sell…
when bad things happen to high ceilings: 250 Mercer Street loft sells at $650/ft
layout does not lay out very well [edited for grammar and typos] Even for a building that often has sales at relatively low values for the Greenwich Village market, the December 18 sale of the “1,200 sq ft” Manhattan loft…
birthday diversion / Machu Pichu up (very) close
celebrate, ‘cuz it’s picture weekend!It is fruitless to try to compare incomparable photos of spectacular scenes. But even if you clicked around in other galleries than Manhattan of that Russian 3-D guy (January 12, weekend diversion / Manhattan as you’ve…
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