Tag: New Development

505 Greenwich Street loft wonders “what slump?” after closing up 61% since 2004

not pushing a good thing too farRumor has it that the overall Manhattan residential real estate sales market has been … (how to put it?) … up and down over the last few years. Looking specifically at one 2004 new

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459 Washington Street loft bounces back to the right price to sell

starting at the right price is not enoughI always wonder about the agent-seller dialogues with a sale like that of Manhattan loft #4N at 459 Washington Street (John Watts Condo), which cleared at $2.2mm on January 10. Working backwards from

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toothbrush loft at 48 Mercer Street closes flat with 2007

2007 flat has a better curve than 2005 flatThe Manhattan loft #3W at 48 Mercer Street (Hohner Building) was a quick sale this holiday season, starting out on October 26 and closing on December 23. That’s q – u –

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the difficulty in comping in former new development / the 101 Warren St laboratory

if you look at Then vs. Now, look at Contract Date ThenIt is no secret that in looking at historical data for Manhattan lofts (or other Manhattan coops or condos, generally) that started not too long ago as new developments

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53 N. Moore Street loft flies (yes) off the shelf, above ask

it only sells in DecemberThe Manhattan loft #5H at 53 N. Moore Street (the NorthMoore) sold on December 15; the prior sale was on December 5, 2003; the original sale from the sponsor was December 21, 2000. I can’t tell

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loft that missed The Peak at 30 West 15 Street comes back to sell, modestly but successfully

very quiet local market30 West 15 Street is a classic Manhattan loft building of its type: a handsome 12 story building built about 100 years ago with 21 coop units (converted 1980), and a North unit and South unit on

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revisiting Manhattan lofts memory lane: MLG on January 3, 2008 + 151 Hudson Street from 27 years ago + a modern update

serendipity is a wonderful thingI no longer recall what I was searching for in the Manhattan Loft Guy archives last week (or whether I even found it!), but I did come across this nugget from January 3, 2008, tales of

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Heywood loft sale (263 Ninth Avenue) is candidate for strangest sale of the year

not a winner, yet, except in The MarketHaving just done end-of-year posts of personal and reader favorites from the Manhattan Loft Guy 2010 archive, I suppose it is natural for me to react to an odd listing history by wondering

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2005 white box loft conversion 835 Broadway sells with walls +50%

well, not quite 50% and not necessarily 835 BroadwayThe Manhattan loft #2W at 835 Broadway is part of the 2005 condominium-from-rental loft conversion in “The 835 Broadway Condominium”, but for some reason agents market lofts there under an alternate address,

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Manhattan Loft Guy, 1

pardon me for boastingI am reliably informed that my December 14, Wall Street Journal oversells a Manhattan 4 bedroom “boom”, was forwarded to an editor at the Wall Street Journal, resulting in the Corrections & Amplifications item posted Saturday on

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