Tag: Neighbors

attack of the Killer Comp (when 2005 pricing does not help)

tough to price, if even 2005 is too highThere’s a pretty big Manhattan loft in a Chelsea corner that has been patient at an asking price around $1,100/ft for 3 months, which is just slightly less than the loft sold

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courage is rewarded / 161 West 15 Street sells in the sweet spot of a cold market

  easy on, easy off (sometimes), through tough compsHow’s this for getting it right? The Manhattan loft #2A at 161 West 15 Street came to market on January 16 and found a contract in 32 days (it closed May 12

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down a million bucks, now pitching at a pre-2005 $625/ftaa

  a little limbo action?There’s a rather large Manhattan loft for sale at a new price that is $1mm less than the original asking price. When it came to market last Summer (happy birthday wishes are now in order) a

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100 Reade Street sale is straight out of 2005 while wishing for 2008

which is when?This "1,550 sq ft" Manhattan loft sold for $1.545mm: "Stunning bright est. 1550sf … in one of TriBeCa’s most desired land marked addresses. Grand dining/living room with open kitchen flooded with southern light is perfect for entertaining while

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dropping $2mm to make an un-lofty sale at 175 Sullivan Street

  back story tells the story Officially, the Manhattan "loft" #4A at 175 Sullivan Street was on the market only since January 2009 ("starting" at $3.25mm) before closing on June 16 at $2.65mm — an apparent 18% discount. But the

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price drop can re-set expectations IF low enough

probably not low enoughThere’s a Manhattan loft newly returned to market in a brand-name Tribeca building that has been for sale for quite a while. It is now on its third firm and fourth price. It is hard to see

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neighborly competition / laggard at 144 West 18 Street closes off 15% since December

first one to $1.7mm winsTwo Manhattan lofts at 144 West 18 Street (known, not poetically, as the Chainworks Building) closed 6 months apart. You won’t be surprised to learn that the one that closed 6 months ago (#4N) closed higher

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ending up where they started / $4mm closing at 99 Jane

head scratching in a thin marketThe Market just proved that the Manhattan loft #10A at 99 Jane Street is worth $4mm, as that is the clearing price just now publicly available from the May 30 closing. That strikes me as

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break away to win the neighborly competition / so many lofts, so many dollars … but no sales (yet)

  but will ANY win? I have been having an off-line dialogue since March with Reader SW about a particular high-end Manhattan loft building with multiple units for sale, which prompts a(nother) rumination about neighborly competition. (I have linked to

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10 Bleecker remarkable space holds value remarkably well

as B goes, so goes AYou might look at the successful 9 day marketing campaign (NINE DAYS!) a year ago of the Manhattan loft  #7B at 10 Bleecker Street as a marvel of timing, in the sense of how marvelous

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