there’s a Manhattan real estate angle I’m a big fan of the Ask A New Yorker feature on Gothamist and of the type of articles to which Jake Dobkins refers in the latest effort, Ask A Native New Yorker: Why Is…
Year: 2013
the yield after renovating 71 Nassau Street loft? 5% over 2006 (ouch)
numbers collide, a little painfully, for FiDi loft on resale It’s not bad enough that the folks who just unloaded the “1,376 sq ft” Manhattan loft #15A at 71 Nassau Street (the Croft Building) for $1.348mm paid $1,282,995 when they…
Tagged with: 2006, Comps, Light, Miller, millwork, Nassau, Neighbor, New Development, Renovation, streeteasy index, Urban Digs, View, Woodwork
true sculptor studio loft at 561 Broadway needs gut, gets $1,142/ft
you’re looking at a $1,400/ft Soho loft, all in (at least) What would you do with the “2,100 sq ft” Manhattan loft #4A at 561 Broadway (the oh so lovely Little Singer Building)? It “has been the studio and showroom…
225 Lafayette Street loft sale tells me private seller did a great job in 2012
sometimes the most interesting thing about a Manhattan loft sale is insight about the past On its own merits, the recent sale of the “1,498 sq ft” Manhattan loft #9C at 225 Lafayette Street just past the edge of Soho…
no Manhattan lofts, but a diversion: a song that changed America
for people of a certain age, another anniversary Before we get to a truly tragic 50th anniversary on Friday, there’s a musical one from 1963 that tracks only as “late November”. I can’t relate (at all!) to the musical commentary…
no-Manhattan-lofts diversion is back to football, violently
the hits just keep on coming Does anyone else feel it? Perhaps because I am sensitized to these articles, I am seeing dribs and drabs of media reports and commentaries that are dribbier and drabbier than what has come before.…
it’s the exposures, Mars; why stunning loft at 161 West 15 Street sold under $1,200/ft
making the most of what you’ve got didn’t help this Chelsea loft (much) In a world in which a Manhattan loft needing a great deal of work can sell near $1,200/ft, it is rather jarring to see that the “1,200…
Tagged with: Building Record, Comp, Jensen Lewis, Layout, Miller, Neighbor, Renovation, Seventh, Windows
111 Fourth Avenue pad proves you can sell a loft without a kitchen
loft living is often a lifestyle choice; living without a kitchen always is I am thinking “bachelor pad”, but perhaps the tiny (550 sq ft??) Manhattan loft #12D at 111 Fourth Avenue is merely a pied-à-terre. I don’t often see…
Tagged with: Ceiling, Comps, Conventional Wisdom, Kitchen, Light, Neighbor, Renovation, Views, wet bar, Windows
price discovery is hard for Lion’s Head loft at 121 West 19 Street
even a loft that sells with the coveted green background can have problems At (very) first blush, the “2,177 sq ft” Manhattan loft #3A at 121 West 19 Street (the vaunted Lion’s Head Condominium 2006 loft conversion in prime Chelsea)…
142 Duane Street loft sells up a million after chilly purchase, lovely renovation
getting it right in buying, fixing, selling … a Tribeca loft trifecta Axioms are axiomatic for a reason. In the case of the recently re-sold “2,000 sq ft” Manhattan loft #3A at 142 Duane Street the seller got it right…
Tagged with: 2005, Comps, Efficient, Kitchen, Layout, Neighbor, Renovation, streeteasy index, Windows, Woodwork
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