you don’t see that every dayThe Manhattan loft #4C at 137 Duane Street that just sold for $949,000 was marketed with a floor plan that was billed as “approximately 825 square feet” (bless that babbled modifier!), but when it was…
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Diamond Duane mini-loft sells above 2008 after adding space(!)
Tagged with: Anniversary, Birthday, Developer, Diamond Duane, Duane, Efficient, Kitchen, Rational, Square Feet, White Box
famous artist buys (another) loft at 173 Duane Street
if at first you don’t succeedFrom the buy side, you have Richard Serra and wife, who apparently have lived at Manhattan loft building 173 Duane Street since 1977 (the first year his name shows up on The Shark’s page for…
Tagged with: 1977, Artist, Berke, Columns, Combination, Comps, Duane, Failed Contract, Neighbor, Serra
did Bouley learn to clean up after himself on Duane Street?
or did the rental market improve on its own?One implication of an item from yesterday’s New York Daily News Best Places Voyeur is that restaurateur David Bouley has cleaned up his act; another may be that lawyers who use a…
137 Duane Street loft seller makes same mistake that developer made
eventually bites bullet, like developerIt was deja vu all over again, as the “3,000 sq ft” Manhattan loft #2E at 137 Duane Street (Diamond Duane) finally sold on June 30 for an even $3mm. The listing history is full of…
Tagged with: 2006, 2008, Developer, Duane, Eleventh, Failed Contract, Kitchen, Naked City, Renovation
129 Duane Street loft sells above $2mm after not selling at Peak at $2.35mm
is this the price of overreaching? The Conventional Wisdom is that a Manhattan loft that does not sell after being professionally exposed to The Market for ‘a long time’ has failed to sell because of price. This wisdom is not…
137 Duane Street loft sells after falling off peak
one child, two postersThe first time the Manhattan loft #2A at 137 Duane Street (Diamond Duane) sold it was auditioning as a poster child for Lofts That Sold At The Peak. (The sponsor sale was April 25, 2008, off a…
$1,685/ft for 166 Duane Street loft, as it flies off shelf
Fall market was fastWhere to begin about the Manhattan loft 166 Duane Street #10B? First thing I noticed was velocity: to market on October 7, in contract by October 30, closed on December 3. (That is the third loft I…
114 Mercer Street loft sells at $848/ft with 4 windows, 3 mints, 2 dark BRs + 1 exposure the limits of the Long-and-Narrow form
The Manhattan loft 114 Mercer Street #2 is said to be “2,300 sq ft” with 14 foot ceilings, and to have been gut renovated with some especially chic details. It sits on a prime Soho block (between Spring and Prince),…
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171 Duane Street loft closes at 12% premium, contract in 3 weeks
"every once in a while …", indeedEvery once in a while, a listing description not only does justice to the loft listed but to potential buyers, giving an appropriately enthusiastic description of the loft instead of merely babbling. The Manhattan…
Tagged with: Architect, Bidding War, Comps, Duane, Inefficient Market, Longandnarrow, Neighbor, Renovation, Velocity
Quote For The Day, 2000 edition
the goodsBefore I tell you how I found it, here’s a long-time Tribeca resident talking about the change in Tribeca’s population in the 20 years they lived there, way back in 2000: You’ve never seen so many people under three…
Tagged with: Change, Curbed, Downtown Express, Duane, Ny Times, Park, Population, Store, Tribeca, Trucks
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