it can be very rewarding to take apart a Manhattan loft Numbers don’t lie: the “1,674 sq ft” Manhattan loft #301 at 874 Broadway (in the lovely MacIntyre Building) that was purchased in needs-a-renovation condition for $1.1mm in October 2009 (after…
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one “painstaking deconstruction” later, 874 Broadway loft sells for 236% of 2009 price
Tagged with: 2009, broadway, Conventional Wisdom, Curbed, Renovation, steampunk, streeteasy index, West 29
penthouse loft at 571 Hudson Street has had an exciting history, just not THAT exciting
caution: don’t take StreetEasy histories at face value The sale about six weeks ago of the “1,600 sq ft” Manhattan penthouse duplex loft #6B at 571 Hudson Street in the West Village at $2.95mm was a pretty exciting event for…
Tagged with: 1994, 2005, 2010, Broker Babble, Duplex, Light, Penthouse, Renovation, street easy, streeteasy index
MercerGreene loft at 92 Greene Street sells for 4th time since 2007 (trend line is UP, if oddly disappointing)
a series of loft owners in Soho, some happier than others I will post some thoughts on the major firm Manhattan residential sales market for the First Quarter of 2014, but for now let’s look at the repeat sales of…
Great Jones Street loft shatters (old) (near) Peak performance in cute Noho corner
remember The Peak? overall Manhattan market data re-sets into new heights The “1,250 sq ft” Manhattan loft #2 at 3 Great Jones Street that sold two weeks ago for $1.63mm had been bought by the recent seller on July 2007…
Tagged with: Ceiling, Comps, Kitchen, Neighbor, Peak, Renovation, streeteasy index, Walk Up, Windows
happy Renwick penthouse loft at 808 Broadway sells at $1,643/ft
the open city makes a big difference in a loft penthouse The most important words on the floor plan for the “1,400 sq ft” (true) penthouse loft #PHB at 808 Broadway (The Renwick) are “open city views”, which help make this…
another loft goes at 288 West Street, direct river views in Tribeca earn $1,432/ft
there are river views, and there are river views The year end sale of the “1,850 sq ft” Manhattan loft #2W at 288 West Street in the far west corner of Tribeca is an occasion for ‘we’ve been here before’.…
Tagged with: Comps, Neighbor, Renovation, River, Statue Of Liberty, Streeteasy, streeteasy index, View, West
the fact that I hate spiral stairs did not matter to Noho penthouse loft buyer at 10 Bleecker Street at $2.9mm
crown jewels of Manhattan lofts can be expensive I admit it: one of the things I am most loft-snobby about is a spiral stair. To me, nothing else says cramped or cheap quite as well as a spiral stair. For…
Tagged with: Bleecker, Broker Babble, Celebrity, Comps, Miller, Neighbor, Outdoor Space, Roof Deck, streeteasy index
Chelsea loft at 233 West 26 Street with classic floor plan + Empire State views sells for (only) $1,087/ft
the money shot is private from this angle in this Chelsea loft Long-time readers of Manhattan Loft Guy know that I tend to stare at floor plans. In previous cases of trying to divine the sequence of usage and renovation…
Tagged with: Broker Babble, Comps, Empire State Building, Light, Neighbor, Renovation, streeteasy index, View
NoLIta neighbor buys neighbor’s modest loft at 225 Lafayette Street at a modest price
yes, Virginia, we live in a Manhattan loft world in which $1,789/ft is modest Last week we saw that a Tribeca penthouse loft owner with a lot of space was able to persuade his next-door penthouse loft neighbor who also had…
Tagged with: Columns, Combination, Comps, Extortion, Layout, Light, lot line windows, Neighbor, Renovation, streeteasy index, View, Windows
the yield after renovating 71 Nassau Street loft? 5% over 2006 (ouch)
numbers collide, a little painfully, for FiDi loft on resale It’s not bad enough that the folks who just unloaded the “1,376 sq ft” Manhattan loft #15A at 71 Nassau Street (the Croft Building) for $1.348mm paid $1,282,995 when they…
Tagged with: 2006, Comps, Light, Miller, millwork, Nassau, Neighbor, New Development, Renovation, streeteasy index, Urban Digs, View, Woodwork
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