you could have fooled me Perhaps I am just a sucker for lovely photos, but I found the listing photos for the “1,600 sq ft” Manhattan loft #2E at 16 Hudson Street to be fairly drool-worthy. I love the combination of…
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awkward kitchen fails to stop sale of MacIntyre loft at 874 Broadway in Flatiron
still, $1.875mm There are limits to what even the best architects can do. Assuming the decision about where to place (or, where to keep) the kitchen was made by the clients, you can appreciate that even an “[a]rchitect-designed loft” can…
classic loft at 42 West 15 Street sells at $1,700/ft without windows in living room
an unusual floor plan on a classic Manhattan loft footprint The “2,000 sq ft” Manhattan loft on the 3rd floor at 42 West 15 Street took a while to sell, but it closed last month at $3.4mm, two numbers round…
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how much did the bathtub cost this Chelsea loft at 151 West 28 Street?
you know what they say about idiosyncratic design choices The Flower District is hardly a fringe area for Manhattan lofts, so it is a little surprising to see an architect-designed loft with “sleek” kitchen and improvements such as central air…
buy low, renovate well, sell high: easy-peazy at 366 Broadway
a conventional story downtown Manhattan, enhanced by beautiful renovation work I need to bring some balance, some rationality, to my consideration of loft renovation projects in Tribeca. Steven Soderbergh’s devil-may-care attitude is driving me a little crazy today (yesterday’s post, 155 Franklin…
Tagged with: 2009, Architect, blinds, Comps, Flip, Floor, Floor Plan, Kitchen, Neighbor, Penthouse, Private Sale, Renovation, Second Floor, streeteasy condo index, Views, Windows
155 Franklin Street loft sells in a reverse flip (viewer discretion is advised)
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…
Tagged with: Architect, Broker Babble, Celebrities, Comps, Flip, Franklin, Neighbor, Renovation, soderbergh, streeteasy condo index, transaction costs
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,…
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long story about a small loft at 650 Sixth Avenue that finally sells up 28% over 2011
there’s a 2011 new loft development sale and a “reconceived” loft sale, not far enough apart The simple facts about the “942 sq ft” Manhattan mini-loft #6J at 650 Sixth Avenue (in the Cammeyer) are simple: the recent seller at $1.45mm…
Tagged with: 2011, Architect, Broker Babble, Cammeyer, Comps, Kitchen, Neighbor, New Development, Renovation, Sixth, Streeteasy
you'd have to see 161 Hudson Street loft to hope to know why it sold 53% above 2009, 9% above ask
redesigned, not renovatedYou only have to toggle back and forth between the 2013 floor plan and the 2009 floor plan for the “2,314 sq ft” Manhattan loft #2B at 161 Hudson Street a few times before you are confident that…
Tagged with: Architect, Bathroom, Builtins, Hudson, Kitchen, Mahogany, Redesign, Renovation, Second Floor, Thaw
very patient (and secretly negotiable) famous seller finally sells 497 Greenwich Street loft at 17% discount
why do people do that? The seller of the “1,661 sq ft” Manhattan loft #6B at 497 Greenwich Street (the Winka Dubbeldam-designed Greenwich Street Project) told The Market she wanted $2.35mm, but when push (eventually) came to shove she…
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