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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Heywood loft sale (263 Ninth Avenue) is candidate for strangest sale of the year
Tagged with: 2006, Ceilings, Chelsea Mercantile, Heywood, Housing Authority, Light, New Development, Ninth, View, West 26
why did The Market hate this small loft at 315 Seventh Avenue?
cue the head-scratching machineIn a world of weird, in which Manhattan Loft Guy is something of a connoisseur of weird, the October 14 sale of 315 Seventh Avenue #12A (the Kheel Building) for $620,000 caught my eye. This little loft…
primo penthouse loft renovation in prime Soho prompts $1,400/ft sale at 561 Broadway
raw rest of floor sold around the The PeakHere’s an interesting comparison of two very large penthouse lofts on the same floor of the same building, one selling as a total gut job right around The Peak of the Manhattan…
small Chelsea Merc loft dresses up + trades up 14% since 2007
bang for the buck?Sometimes just a little bit of “renovation” juices the market. The Manhattan loft #3M at 252 Seventh Avenue is one of those generally less-favored lofts in the iconic Chelsea Mercantile, being on a low floor and having…
Tagged with: Chelsea Mercantil, Comps, Light, Low Floor, Merc, Neighbor, Renovation, Seventh Avenue, View, Window
Manhattan as sublime +/or a stockyard / the Quote Of The Day
so much to read, so little timeToday’s QOTD comes from Lapham’s Quarterly / a magazine of history and ideas (h/t Andrew Sullivan), into which I have barely dipped a toe. His October 3 Preamble includes this insight (one small part…
why didn't the loft at 252 West 30 Street sell at The Peak?
not one trend, but anotherThe Manhattan loft 252 West 30 Street #6B does not quite fit a pattern that regular readers of Manhattan Loft Guy know intrigues me (the pattern of lofts that did not sell in 2009 at $Xmm…
is this 66 Leonard Street guy the savviest loft seller ever??
big premium, no marketingI am scratching my head over the August 12 sale of Manhattan loft #12A at 66 Leonard Street (Textile Building) for $3.45mm. For one thing, the loft has been officially off the market for a year (i.e.,…
1200 Broadway loft closes near 2009 ask
timing is (not quite) everythingThis story doesn’t get old (at least, not yet): a well-priced Manhattan loft sells after going into contract within a short time, at or near a price that failed in 2009. Today’s’ example is #5G at…
Tagged with: Comps, East 29, Empire State, Gilsey, Mint, Neighbor, Nuclear Winter, Renovation, Velocity, View
architect moves from Tribeca loft to East Side apartment, newsworthy for Wall Street Journal
even if it was 5 years agoTo be fair to the Wall Street Journal, yesterday’s photo feature about a "young architect" who moved from "a dramatic home: a 1,900-square-foot Tribeca loft with prismatic glass sliding doors that could open to…
another quick sale, as 1 Hudson Street closes up 10% AND down 10%
from ask, to startHave you ever heard that well-priced Manhattan lofts sell quickly? (Yes, you have.) The latest example is the "2,000 sq ft" Manhattan loft that is the 4th floor at 1 Hudson Street. How quick is "quick"? That…
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