it can be very rewarding to take apart a Manhattan loft Numbers don’t lie: the “1,674 sq ft” Manhattan loft #301 at 874 Broadway (in the lovely MacIntyre Building) that was purchased in needs-a-renovation condition for $1.1mm in October 2009 (after…
Year: 2014
one “painstaking deconstruction” later, 874 Broadway loft sells for 236% of 2009 price
Tagged with: 2009, broadway, Conventional Wisdom, Curbed, Renovation, steampunk, streeteasy index, West 29
penthouse loft at 571 Hudson Street has had an exciting history, just not THAT exciting
caution: don’t take StreetEasy histories at face value The sale about six weeks ago of the “1,600 sq ft” Manhattan penthouse duplex loft #6B at 571 Hudson Street in the West Village at $2.95mm was a pretty exciting event for…
Tagged with: 1994, 2005, 2010, Broker Babble, Duplex, Light, Penthouse, Renovation, street easy, streeteasy index
the perils in following Manhattan loft deed filings, unhappy family edition
not so much a diversion as a quick hit, this one of a Chelsea loft that did not “sell” as reported Manhattan Loft Guy blog posts have been pretty infrequent of late (Note To Self …) so in the spirit of…
Tagged with: Arms Length, Deed Record, Divorce, Flatiron, Hill Street Blues, Master List, non-market transaction, West 24
MercerGreene loft at 92 Greene Street sells for 4th time since 2007 (trend line is UP, if oddly disappointing)
a series of loft owners in Soho, some happier than others I will post some thoughts on the major firm Manhattan residential sales market for the First Quarter of 2014, but for now let’s look at the repeat sales of…
New York Times revisits valuation of outdoor space, oddly
nice to see numbers, but the article is a mess Did you see the big piece in Sunday’s New York Times real estate section about valuing balconies, terraces and other outdoor space in Manhattan lofts and apartments? On the one…
Great Jones Street loft shatters (old) (near) Peak performance in cute Noho corner
remember The Peak? overall Manhattan market data re-sets into new heights The “1,250 sq ft” Manhattan loft #2 at 3 Great Jones Street that sold two weeks ago for $1.63mm had been bought by the recent seller on July 2007…
Tagged with: Ceiling, Comps, Kitchen, Neighbor, Peak, Renovation, streeteasy index, Walk Up, Windows
happy Renwick penthouse loft at 808 Broadway sells at $1,643/ft
the open city makes a big difference in a loft penthouse The most important words on the floor plan for the “1,400 sq ft” (true) penthouse loft #PHB at 808 Broadway (The Renwick) are “open city views”, which help make this…
no lofts diversion about blue skies + how the internet works (+ doesn’t)
context is hard to convey in a quick hit I love the Bad Astronomy guy at Slate, Phil Plait. Like the recently departed from Slate Matthew Yglesias, Plait has a gift for asking simple questions that (eventually) have simple answers,…
Tagged with: Astronomy, bad astronomy, Facebook, Meme, phil plait, science, sky blue, Slate, Twitter
saddest Chelsea Mercantile “penthouse” loft sells under $1,900/ft
nothing personal, but a great Chelsea loft condo should have great penthouses There is nothing wrong with the “2,002 sq ft” Manhattan loft #PHS at 252 Seventh Avenue that a name change wouldn’t fix. Not a name change of the…
wheel makes one more turn for Manhattan Loft Guy, the blog
we just did this last year at this time … Yes, friends, it’s cake and balloon time (virtual cake and virtual balloon??) as another blog-aversary rolls around. EIGHT years ago today a real estate guy who had by then been living…
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