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155 Franklin Street crashes past 2006 to close up 28% (since 2000)

Aug. 5, 2009

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Tribeca

Tagged with: 2000, 2006, beams, bidding war, cast iron, columns, franklin, joists, price drop, sugar loaf

The Manhattan loft #3S at 155 Franklin Street (the Sugar Loaf) was one of only five lofts in Tribeca that closed in June, per recent articles in The Real Deal Trouble in Tribeca. For a seller who started so far from The Market in October, these folks caug

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biting a big bullet in little pieces / 9 Murray closes off 40%

Jun. 22, 2009

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Tribeca

Tagged with: 2000, 2007, canvass, light, murray, renovation, roof, square, terrace, white box

The Manhattan loft 5SE at 9 Murray Street was presented to the market in August 2008 (just before Lehman) with grand ambitions and evident motivation: starting at $1.9mm on August 16, 2008; dropped to $1.8mm in five weeks (and to $1,799,999 -- just for fu

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into the melting pot (with a grain of salt?)

Nov. 8, 2008

Categorized in: New York, New York, New York

Tagged with: 2000, 2006, census, crains, ethnic, languages, melting pot, population, race

in 2006, the racial/ethnic ... background of the 8,214,426 estimated residents of New York City were (1) "White" 34.5%, (2) Hispanic/Latino 27.9%, (3) Black/African American 23.8%, and (4) Asian 11.5%. In other words, we are (and have been for a while) a

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9 Murray Street #8W closes at just over $1,000/month / neighbor does faster (is higher better??)

Aug. 6, 2008

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Tribeca

Tagged with: 2000, alchemy, closed, comps, franklin, gain, murray, renovation

It is not often that I can talk about a Manhattan loft sale in terms of dollars per month, but this one at 9 Murray Street is just too good to pass up. The bonus angle is that a next door neighbor had a very different experience, closing a week earlier, p

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