the Real Estate Industrial Complex, Media Division, strikes (late) The fact that the November 1 sale of the “2,800 sq ft” Manhattan loft #10S at 105 Hudson Street (the Powell Building) was featured in Residential Sales Around The Region in…
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105 Hudson Street loft sold at $1,241/ft with great light but needing TLC is news only to Old Grey Lady
Tagged with: Exposures, Flexibility, Footprint, Hudson, Light, Nobu, Prime, Renovation Bones, Sunsets, Windows
why did The Market put the hate on 2nd floor loft at 69 Murray Street?
$824/ft = hateThe mis-placed ‘master bedroom’ cannot be the only reason that The Market treated the Manhattan loft #2 at 69 Murray Street so shabbily; after all, that should just be a small demo job to fix. But there must…
tunnel living has its benefits, as 19 Beach Street loft sells up 22% over 2005
though 10% less than the seller wantedThis looks like a win to me: the “2,980 sq ft” Manhattan loft on the 5th floor at 19 Beach Street sold on December 7 at $3.595mm, apparently in the same condition as when…
Tagged with: Beach, Ghostbusters, Holland Tunnel, Light, Park, Spillway, Traffic, Varick, Views, Woolworth
development watch: West 28 Street, between 6th & 7th Avenues
whose backyard is it, anyway?Some stories are perennials. For the Manhattan media wing of the Real Estate Industrial Complex it might be one merging trend (families move to suburbs for quiet!) or its opposite (families move back to city because…
Tagged with: Crains, Flower District, Hotel, Light, New Development, The Real Deal, Views, West 27, West 28
over-optimistic loft seller at 124 West 24 Street still beats 2007 buy
if buy low, easier to sell high (d’oh!)The 20-unit Manhattan 2007 loft condominium conversion at 124 West 24 Street is an interesting laboratory for observing the behavior of rats buyers over time. The most recent data point is the October…
Tagged with: Comps, Light, Neighbor, New Development, Nuclear Winter, Peak, Rational, Resale, Sponsor, West 24
Astor Place loft seller takes wee bath since 2005 at 445 Lafayette Street
almost a diversion, for being tardyThis one has been sitting in my To Do pile for a while, but is interesting enough for even a tardy post because it involves A Famous Building that (in this case, at least) has…
Tagged with: 2000, 2005, 2005 New Development, Chelsea Mercantile, Comps, Lafayette, Light, Neighbor, Seventh Avenue, View
at 140 Fifth Avenue, “B” lofts go wild, designer effect boggles
comping is … (you know)The “2,000 sq ft” Manhattan loft #8B at 140 Fifth Avenue had a pretty successful campaign this Summer, coming to market at $2.195mm on June 17 and finding the contract by July 29 that closed at…
Tagged with: 2003, 2005, Comps, Designer, Dressing Room, Fifth, Light, Magazine, Neighbor, Renovation
West Village owner sells above ask to buy 335 Greenwich Street loft above ask
what goes around, comes aroundThe October 14 sale of the “1,600 sq ft” Manhattan loft #9A at 335 Greenwich Street (aka 20 Jay Street and the Hanover River House) earned the green on the Master List of Manhattan Lofts Sold…
Tagged with: 1979, Best And Final, Bidding War, Greenwich, Jay, Light, Renovation, Views, Walkup, Woolworth Building
107 West 25 Street loft sells at $956/ft as old Flower District morphs into Chelsea
changing of the guardTwo things jumped out at me about the sale of the Manhattan loft #6D at 107 West 25 Street at $1.1mm on October 17: the first is how the geographic descriptions in the broker babble omit the…
Tagged with: Change, Flower District, Garment District, Light, Ny Observer, Ny Times, Sewing, Starter Loft, Turnover, West 25
57 Walker Street loft sells for 21% more than neighbor a year ago
overly restrained babble is pretty much unheard ofHave I mentioned lately that (yes) … comping is hard? When the “1,850 sq ft” Manhattan loft #4B at 57 Walker Street sold on October 12 at $2.04mm, that closing capped a successful…
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