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4 months to close, 4 years to zero out at 260 West Broadway

Jun. 5, 2009

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Tribeca

Tagged with: 2005, american thread, broadway, hudson, light, negotiation, square feet, views, west broadway

The Manhattan loft #5G at 260 West Broadway (the American Thread Building) slid through The Market this year, starting on January 8 and finishing on May 6. (Not as fast as the ten week close at 155 Hudson Street that I hit on May 28, but almost as quick a

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1981 to 2009: progress, or not so much?

Feb. 21, 2009

Categorized in: change is a constant

Tagged with: 1981, american thread, beehivehairdresser, curbed, graffiti, staple, yuppie

When I moved into the American Thread Building in 1981 (the first great condo loft conversion in Tribeca?), I was in that (relatively) new Manhattan demographic, Young Urban Professionals, and we were "welcomed" into the building by the graffito "die yupp

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American Thread new to market / why so soon?

Aug. 27, 2007

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Tribeca

Tagged with: american thread, kitchen, park avenue, west broadway

one year later… #4A at 260 West Broadway, the American Thread Building, is new to the Manhattan loft market this weekend, asking $2.3mm and $1,788/mo (condo; with an assessment of $697/mo f... [Read More]

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new contract at American Thread, 260 W Bway

May. 10, 2007

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Tribeca

Tagged with: american thread, contract, west broadway

I described #4G at 260 West Broadway (the fabled - to me - Manhattan loft American Thread Building) when it was new to the market in early March. It is said to be 1,450 sq ft and has been offered through Anne Aranseaz at Sothebys for $1.8mm ($2,078/mo). I

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