not everything is a gut project, or done to the 9s I mean no disrespect to the “1,170 sq ft” Manhattan loft #6B at 161 West 15 Street (Jensen-Lewis Building) by saying that it is nothing special. It is…
Tag: Renovation
161 West 15 Street is nothing special, other than priced right for the market
Tagged with: Broker Babble, Cabinets, Comps, Jensenlewis, Kitchen, Light, Neighbor, Renovation, West 15
9 White Street penthouse loft created $2.5mm in value after 2010
how to increase value without increasing space I had a bit of an email conversation this week with a Manhattan Loft Guy reader about the “3,500 sq ft” Manhattan loft on the top of 9 White Street, which had…
Tagged with: Ceilings, Columns, Duplex, Longandnarrow, Outdoor Space, Penthouse, Renovation, Rooftop, Stairway, White
“recently renovated” 7 East 17 Street loft sells 18% over 2011 sale (as “newly renovated”)
there are no rules Of course there are no rules about how many calendar pages can be torn off before a listing should no longer be described as “newly” or “recently” renovated. In the case of the “2,774 sq…
Tagged with: Broker Babble, Closets, Comps, East 17, East 18, Gut, Layout, Neighbor, Outdoor Space, Renovation
a tricky $1,220/ft for a most lovely gut job of 451 Broome Street loft that took 50 weeks + 3 contracts to sell
a pretty short year This is the kind of history that is so infuriatingly rich that it is a shame not to know the whole story. The “2,400 sq ft” Manhattan loft #7E at 451 Broadway came to market a…
penthouse loft at 363 Greenwich finally sells, only 29% above 2004
The Market contains a multitude of data points One of the nice things about being with one of the largest residential real estate brokerages in Manhattan is that our listing system has some very rich past sales data about…
Tagged with: 1999, 2004, Duplex, Efficient, Greenwich, Outdoor Space, Penthouse, Renovation, Terrace, Zen
not new news, but Sonic Youth sell close-to-raw loft at 292 Lafayette at $1,033/ft
figures, right? You’d never see this kind of color in a listing description (darn), but the loft that was described in New York Magazine in the 1990s as “a perfect combination of total trash and sweet shine” has been…
Tagged with: 1990s, Cbgb, Gut, Lafayette, Musician, Primitive, Raw, Renovation, Rock Star, Sonic Youth
loft at 217 West 19 Street dances to 13% gain over Peak
another Beat The Peak contestant, not an April Fool’s Day fool The “2,400 sq ft” Manhattan loft on the 9th floor of 217 West 19 Street is a worthy Beat The Peak, as it was sold for $4.4mm on…
Tagged with: Broker Babble, Comps, Dance, Neighbor, Outdoor Space, Peak, Rational, Renovation, Terrace, West 19
took a while for architects to wake up to gut project loft at 39 Worth Street
why so long to get to small discount? The broker babble for the “2,000 sq ft” Manhattan loft #2W at 39 Worth Street in Tribeca’s business district is not subtle: AN ARCHITECT’S DREAM Bring your design team to this classic…
huge renovation premium for (awkward?) 251 West 19 Street that last sold in 2010
market didn’t mind dropping more ceiling The math on the recently resold “1,630 sq ft” Manhattan loft #1D at 251 West 19 Street is pretty impressive: sold on February 27 at $1.76mm after a renovation by the folks who…
backstory to New York Times about buying a wrecked loft at 37 Walker Street
Manhattan Loft Guy readers (again) keeping ahead of the Times …Nice piece by Constance Rosenblum as the main story in the Real Estate section in today’s New York Times, Not Too Shabby, about Manhattan residential real estate buyers increasingly looking…
Tagged with: 1970s, Agency, Disclosure, Dual Agent, Duplex, Kitchen, Ny Times, Renovation, Walker, Wreck
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