John McCain was rightNo, John McCain was not talking about Manhattan lofts, but is there anything more cruel than the history of the “2,000 sq ft” Manhattan loft #8E at 347 West 39 Street? To market on August 11, 2011…
Tag: Light
mystery sale at 130 West 19 Street: did Chelsea House private sale leave a bad comp in neighbors’ mouths?
is this sacrilege?This will be short, as it is too late for an old guy to be blogging, but that’s what happens when you run around all day and don’t blog…. Very interesting sale of the “1,250 sq ft” Manhattan…
25 West 15 Street loft with unusual layout + funky colors closes at rough parity with downstairs loft
fresh nearby comps should be easier to applyI bet that the walls in the “1,800 sq ft” Manhattan loft coop on the 7th floor at 25 West 15 Street have been where they are for 20+ years. The floor plan…
Tagged with: Colors, Comps, Kitchen, Layout, Light, Longandnarrow, Neighbor, Renovation, Skylight, West 15
telltale $9 shows bidding war for 100 Hudson Street loft
seriously: what’s so special here?The fact that the “1,080 sq ft” Manhattan loft #8E at 100 Hudson Street recently sold with the last digit being “9” tells you that the loft almost certainly sold after a bidding war; that the…
130 Fulton Street loft with incomparable light comps out 3% above 2006 after 13 months of a boring price
stubborn is as stubborn doesThe last time I hit the near-Gehry Manhattan loft building 130 Fulton Street, I talked about a stubborn seller (in my August 11, 2011, stubborn seller of 130 Fulton Street loft takes 10% haircut). That July…
pushing slightly above the ask, as 140 Thompson Street loft sells on non-A.I.R. side of West Broadway Arches
well babbled: “this one is ready to go”Do you notice those lingering listings that have broker babble that has never been edited, such as “priced to sell!!!” or “won’t last!!!”? (The extra exclamation points are for emphasis, I suppose.) After…
Tagged with: Broker Babble, Comps, Floor Pla, Light, Neighbir, Renovation, Thompson, Views, West Broadway, West Broadway Arches
primitive loft at 474 Greenwich Street sells at $908/ft
no artists evident, but stillThe “1,100 sq ft” manhattan loft #5N at 474 Greenwich Street in the far northwest corner of Tribeca was billed as a “Classic TriBeCa Artist’s Loft”, which is true, even if there was no sign that…
161 Hudson Street closes off 2.5% since (late) 2007
crude measures are, well, crudeRegular readers of Manhattan Loft Guy know that I am enamored of the power (well, potential) of the Master List of Manhattan Lofts Sold Since November 2008, and that one of my favorite uses to date…
Tagged with: 2007, Comps, Holland Tunnel, Hudson, Laight, Light, Longandnarrow, Neighbor, Square, Views
8 months to contract at 6.5% discount for 151 West 17 Street loft
did Conventional Wisdom takes another shot to the head, or did CW slip the punch?You know the Conventional Wisdom about asking prices and time: that a listing professionally exposed to The Market for enough time without having selling is at…
Tagged with: Campiello, Comps, Conventional Wisdom, Floor Plan, Layout, Light, Neighbor, Rational, Views, West 17
55 Liberty Street loft sells at $785/ft, up (only) 8% since 2004
an acquired taste, acquired slowlyI get it that the downtown-est part of downtown Manhattan is not a hot hot hot area for residential sales (lofts or otherwise), but the Greater FiDi has seen a lot of new condo and rentals…
Tagged with: 1980, 2004, Downtown, Fidi, Liberty, Liberty Tower, Light, New Development Architect, Value, Views
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