go figure: Jersey views not as valuable, even with a riverContinuing a sequence of view posts, today’s edition features a loft in pretty primitive condition (like yesterday’s) with major bragging about views (like yesterday’s). Unlike yesterday’s September 13, quintessential artist…
Tag: Neighbor
166 Bank Street loft with 30 year-old river views got for $1,188/ft in far West Village
Tagged with: Bank, Comps, Efficient, Floor Plan, Hudson River, Neighbor, New Jersey, Rational, River, Views
price discovery was long + hard for 144 West 27 Street loft with 2 kitchens, 3 dishwashers
what was the plan here?The folks who just sold the “2,850 sq ft” Manhattan loft #4F at 144 West 27 Street seem to have bought it as two lofts in 1998 (for $662,000) yet never got around to (fully) combining…
loft at 65 West 13 Street disguised as prewar apartment sells at $1,572/ft
why do people DO these things??I am fascinated by things that don’t fit, such as a person selling a Park Avenue prewar to move to a classic loft, or an artist selling a Noho loft to move to the Upper…
Tagged with: Apartment, Comps, Greenwich, Molding, Neighbor, Park Avenue, Prewar, Renovation, Style, West 13
third 307 West Broadway loft sells in 2012
a big jolt to the systemSmall Manhattan loft buildings have fragile ecosystems, and the smaller the more fragile. Take as one example the 7-unit oh-so-classic loft building 307 West Broadway at the extreme southern edge of Soho. I hit it…
Tagged with: Artist, Comps, Culture, Kitchen, Neighbor, New York Times, Primitive, Raw, Renovation, West Broadway
market for 150 Nassau Street lofts is en fuego, as another record falls
a reader writes with the back storyI am a lucky Manhattan Loft Guy, lucky to have readers who email not only with suggestions about future posts but who also include a behind the scenes back story. The late-breaking public news…
unique loft at 236 West 26 Street bends the market by selling well above comps
the beauty that got awayThe recent sale of the (not really) “1,288 sq ft” Manhattan loft #10SE at 236 West 26 Street in the Chelsea Capitol is both near and dear to my heart (and to one of my buyers) and…
Tagged with: Broker Babble, Capitol, Comps, Finishes, Neighbor, Overpay, Rational, Renovation, West 26, Windows
8 Warren Street loft buyer completes 2nd floor set at record prices
2011 at $1,302/ft, 2012 at $1,395/ft, with (probably) no change in market conditionsThere is a very simple reason the “1,932 sq ft” Manhattan loft #2E at 8 Warren Street (Trinity Stewart Condominium) sold quickly at the full asking price, and…
Tagged with: 2008, Coms, Extortion, Neighbor, New Development, Next Door, Resale, Trinity Stewart, Unique, Warren
did American Thread loft at 260 West Broadway sell on a formula in private sale?
or, do you believe in coincidence?I am always intrigued by private sales of Manhattan lofts, wondering whether they represent true arm’s-length transactions at The Market, or whether they should be ignored (and left off the Master List of Manhattan Lofts…
Tagged with: 2007, American Thread Company, Apartment, Comps, Neighbor, Peak, Photographer, Prewar, Private, West Broadway
New York Observer observes loft sale at 165 Duane Street but does not like lofts
or follow Manhattan Loft GuyAt least two things did not impress the New York Observer about the recent sale of the “1,550 sq ft” Manhattan loft #3D at 165 Duane Street: that it garnered a gain of only 10% from…
Tagged with: 2007, Broker Babble, Comps, Duane, Kitchen, Neighbor, New York Observer, Observer, Peak, Renovation
240 West 23 Street penthouse loft sales illustrates trough, with a bonus anomaly
(not that you need another illustration)Regular readers of Manhattan Loft Guy don’t really need to be reminded that the overall Manhattan residential real estate market has seen a cycle of Froth + Peak + Trough + Thaw (+ Rebound) since…
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