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both 245 + 252 Seventh Avenue sell under $1,000/ft, for different reasons

Schwarzenegger + DeVito style ‘twins’Two Manhattan lofts across Seventh Avenue from each other along West 24 Street closed on March 23. Both are said to be just over 2,250 sq ft, neither has much of a view, both cleared just

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from $1,102/ft to $874/ft at 420 West 25 Street in 3 years

no surpriseUnit #7D at the 2007 Manhattan loft conversion Loft 25 at 420 West 25 Street closed on February 27, 2008 at $1,476,462, from a contract signed in May 2007. This clearing price of $1,102/ft for the "1,339 sq ft"

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107 West 25 Street closes in six figures, tough comp for neighbors

  odd history, hiddenPer StreetEasy, the Manhattan loft #5D at 107 West 25 Street closed on February 26, with a deed filed just this past Friday. The clearing price was $950,000, with no other information on StreetEasy as this is

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loving a loft not wisely but too well / 144 West 27 St closes at 51% of first ask

  overwrought? just watch me!When Othello spoke of himself as one who loved "not wisely but too well", he was about to kill himself and bring that great tragedy to a conclusion. The owners of the Manhattan loft #5R at

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buying at $616/ft at 38 West 26 St / one of NY Mag's happy stories from recession

  not this timeNY Magazine is a big player in the Real Estate Industrial Complex, of course, but it does not have to always be a target for Manhattan Loft Guy. I liked the recent Eight Happy Stories From the

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courage punished, not rewarded, as 22 West 26 Street closes off 36% from first ask

  4 price drops, 49 weeks, blood on the tracksThe Manhattan loft #7H at 22 West 26 Street closed on February 2 at $1.215mm after a rather long slog and a pointed slap from The Market: it was first offered

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sign of a thaw? 147 West 22 Street closes up 9% over 2006, 263 Ninth does not

it wasn‘t the renovationThe most astute (anal? persistent??) among the readers of Manhattan Loft Guy may have noticed that I have once again been updating my master list of loft closings, having added a hundred or more in the last

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NY Times “recent” residential sales? not so much (at 252 Seventh Avenue)

standards at Old Grey Lady go all to hellYou’d think that the regular Sunday real estate feature in the New York Times, Residential Sales Around the Region, would be … you know … "recent", as the sub-head always is: "a

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148 West 23 Street sale treads long water (swallows some)

  from 2004 to 2007 to 2010 without getting anywhereThis history is remarkable, perhaps mostly because there are three data points, but also because the three data points overlap so much. The diminutive Manhattan loft #7E at 148 West 23

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the last 13% haircut drives new development deal at 135 West 14 Street

down $950k overallThe Manhattan loft #5 at 135 West 14 Street is the latest sale at the new condo construction "Loft 14", having closed December 22 (deed filed January 14). The "2,161 sq ft" floor-through has a classic Long-and-Narrow loft

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