Tag: Closed

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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American Thread loft sells on Groundhog's Day, again

seriously weird, but totally trueThe Manhattan loft #8C at 260 West Broadway (an all-time MLG favorite loft building) closed on December 23. I had to focus really hard to appreciate that the sale was December 23, 2009 rather than another

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quote for the day / NYT The Hunt

  who is out of touch now?The Sunday Real Estate section of the New York Times regular feature by Joyce Cohen, The Hunt, today profiles a woman who seems to have spent much of the last 18 months looking for

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one less funny person at The Porter House

… unless the buyer is a clown?I checked in at 66 Ninth Avenue (The Porter House) on August 16 (Porter House loft may be "beyond the beyond" but sells off a million, up 40% or down 25%) to tell a

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revisiting Trouble in Tribeca, while stopping in Soho

a promise, kept (rare!)When I hit the Manhattan loft #3S at 155 Franklin Street (the Sugar Loaf) as a June 2009 sale 16% off the 2006 clearing price (August 5, 155 Franklin Street crashes past 2006 to close up 28%

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master list of Manhattan loft closings since November

this is The Big OneIt has been quite a while since I posted loft-closings-in-last-30-days, but I have not stopped keeping track of Manhattan residential lofts as they close. While there are many limitations in the data (discussed below), the collection

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buying high, selling low (ouch) at 114 Spring Street

this one is difficult to fathom, my promise notwithstandingThe Manhattan loft #2 at 114 Spring Street has (and has had) a lot to recommend it: prime Soho location, "1,900 sq ft", 12 foot barrel-vaulted ceilings, bright lights and cast-iron views,

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courage is rewarded / 161 West 15 Street sells in the sweet spot of a cold market

  easy on, easy off (sometimes), through tough compsHow’s this for getting it right? The Manhattan loft #2A at 161 West 15 Street came to market on January 16 and found a contract in 32 days (it closed May 12

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last sponsor sale at 59 John Street / folding tent + closing wallet

the price of a  bath?The Manhattan loft in the new development (well, it was new in 2007) Five Nine John Lofts, #PH2 at 59 John Street, closed on June 24 at the recently public price of $1.35mm. Billed as the "last

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73 Worth Street closes by biting a very large bullet in one bite

did I say "large"?I wish I had a transcript for the negotiating that resulted in the June 12 closing of the Manhattan loft #4B at 73 Worth Street. The ‘simple’ facts are that it had been asking $3.2mm and the

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