sometimes real estate doesn’t work out (or was it Life that didn’t work out?) [major updates at bottom] No matter what your interest is in the Manhattan residential real estate market, what happened to the recent sellers of the “3,532…
Year: 2015
155 Franklin Street loft sells in a reverse flip (viewer discretion is advised)
Tagged with: Architect, Broker Babble, Celebrities, Comps, Flip, Franklin, Neighbor, Renovation, soderbergh, streeteasy condo index, transaction costs
open eastern view is worth $425,000 at Chelsea Mercantile (approx) (at least)
minus the office, plus 12 floors of iconic Manhattan loft Few downtown Manhattan residential loft conversions have provided as much grist for the Manhattan Loft Guy mill as ‘The Merc’ aka Chelsea Mercantile aka 252 Seventh Avenue. It is, in…
Tagged with: 2012, Chelsea Mercantile, Comps, Empire State Building, Floor Height, Light, Neighbor, Seventh, Views
challenging 474 Greenwich Street loft proves a challenging sale, not quite $2 million off
location, decor, layout … let me count the Tribeca loft challenges (and price!) I won’t say I was proud of it, but my first reaction on seeing the “2,300 sq ft” Manhattan loft #4S at 474 Greenwich Street being offered…
Warren Street loft shows why Manhattan “lofts” comp by size, “apartments” by bedrooms
someone used a shoehorn in this Tribeca loft living room Way back when, in my first year as a professional residential real estate sales person in Manhattan, I accompanied a mentor on a series of buyer appointments. It being way…
Tagged with: Apartment, apartments, Balcony, candela, Floor Plan, Layout, Light, Long And Narrow, Outdoor Space, Size, Square Feet, upper west side, Volume, Warren, Windows
Tribeca loft sells up 45% in 19 months … a superstorm effect?
hard to find another explanation for such a beyond-market result … When I get confused, I write. Not to end the confusion necessarily, but to seek peace. The sale four weeks ago of the “2,325 sq ft” Manhattan loft #2A…
Tagged with: Bathroom, Comps, Finishes, Hurricane, Kitchen, Light, Neighbor, Paired Resale, Powder Room, streeteasy index, View
let’s play Value The Terrace at 53 N. Moore Street, as penthouse loft sells!!
one of my favorite Manhattan real estate games … and a grand spectator sport Everyone has an opinion about the premium that outdoor space adds to a given property, but the nice thing about dealing as retrospectively as I do…
Tagged with: Amenities, Comps, Miller, N Moore, Neighbor, Outdoor Space, Renovation, Spiral Stair, Terrace, View
“true artist’s loft” still exists at 19 Greene Street, but not for long
there’s a sad majesty to these listing photos in Soho For a loft snob, or for any who truly appreciates classic Manhattan lofts, seeing listing photos for a “true artist loft in Soho” might be like what an animal rights…
Tagged with: 2007, 2011, Artist, Artist Loft, Brick, Building Record, Ceiling, Classic, Columns, finials, Greene, Renovation
architects trash O’Neill Building loft in Chelsea, in order to make it beautiful, of course
for the due diligence files of 655 Sixth Avenue loft buyers (caveat emptor!) Long-time readers of Manhattan Loft Guy know that I am a sucker for before-and-after photos; otherwise I have to wait for a loft having been sold twice,…
Tagged with: 2007, 2011, Architect, Bedrooms, Classic, closed kitchen, Columns, Kitchen, limelight, New Development, New York Magazine, Renovation, Sixth, Windows
price discovery can be hard, even for pros, as at 738 Broadway
marked down from $6 million! The “2,396 sq ft” Manhattan loft on the 2nd floor at 738 Broadway (the Broadway McKenna Building) in the most NYU-ish stretch of Noho that sold for $3.85mm at Christmas started life as a $6mm listing.…
Tagged with: 2005, Astor Place, Bath, broadway, Ceilings, deluxe, Discount, Fireplace, Long And Narrow, Marble, New Development, Sellers Market, Volume
Cooper Square loft triples in value, disappointing owner
is it the exposure, Mars? The anonymous folk who just sold the “2,571 sq ft” Manhattan loft #4A at 62 Cooper Square (Carl Fischer Building) for $4.6mm didn’t quite triple their money, as they had purchased at $1.553mm, but close enough.…
Tagged with: 2001, Barrel Vault, Comps, Concrete, Cooper Square, Cooper Union, Floor, Neighbor, Outdoor Space, Patio, Windows
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