he’s not the only oneStart with “an amazing combination of genuine loft style and a top of the line renovation using only the best of modern materials” (“[d]esigned by [a] noted architect”). Add in 11 foot ceilings, classic brick, and…
Tag: Construction
“noted architect” will be disappointed that “incredible” 200 Mercer Street loft went for $939/ft
Tagged with: Architect, Ceiling, Construction, Curbed, Kitchen, Mercer, Mezzanine, New York Times, Nyu, Renovation
nightmare scenario for lofts at 7 East 13 Street, as New School construction allegedly destroys building
another small building risk, embodiedWhat if you paid $8mm for two Manhattan lofts in a new 7-unit condo conversion in 2007 and with a 16-story university building under construction next door, found that the building was settling and your walls…
Tagged with: 2007, Construction, East 13, Fifth, Greenwich, Lawsuit, New Development, New School, Small Building Risk, Zinc
watching the new construction at 31 West 15 Street
there are worse uses for the inter-tubesThe hat tip goes to Curbed for linking on Friday to a single-purpose blog (or is it a vlog?), Bird’s Eye View NYC, which has been posting video of the demolition (and associated hijinks…
no skyscrapers in Manhattan loft neighborhoods, but why not?
[UPDATE 1.18.12: this topic is ‘news’ again because the Working Paper I talk about below has just been published in an academic journal, which got some press through the New York Observer, Uncanny Valley: The Real Reason There Are No…
Tagged with: Bedrock, Construction, Downtown, Factories, Financial District, History, Jackson, Skyscraper, Tenement, Yglesias
39 Worth Street loft finally closes, makes the papers
out of my leagueThe Manhattan loft #3E at 39 Worth Street finally sold last week, but that’s not why it made the papers. The buyer is a hotshot young designer who used to live on the Lower East Side, a…
the politics, wisdom or inanity of airing dirty linen about your coop or condo
something in the water??I had intended this morning to do a post focused on one particular dispute between a condo developer and unit owners in Brooklyn, but then I saw an article in today’s NY Times airing angry emails between…
Tagged with: Condo Board, Construction, Coop Board, Green, Leed, Litigation, New Development, Publicity, Shareholder Meeting
what about that (not yet) New Construction across the street?
good, or bad? yes and noI had a kind of cocktail party conversation with someone who may be buying very near a high profile (pun intended) proposed Major Real Estate Development in a prime part of Manhattan. Long story…
Tagged with: Construction, Danger, Greenwich, Impact, Leonard, Light, New Development, Noise, Value, View
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