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bowing to the inevitable price drop, but 25% impresses

Aug. 4, 2009

Categorized in: Marketing Manhattan apartments

Tagged with: 1000ft, 1300ft, birthday, custom, magazine, price drop, renovation

Speaking of lovely Manhattan lofts (as we were last week, July 31, why isn't a Tribeca premium renovation worth at least 250/ft?) with pricing difficulties (as we were yesterday, ditto), there's a new firm and a price on a loft to root for: this baby just

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milestone alert / Manhattan Loft Guy is 3

Mar. 18, 2009

Categorized in: internet and blogosphere

Tagged with: annivesary, birthday, jabberwocky

The first Manhattan Loft Guy post was on March 19, 2006; it has been followed by 872 others (and counting). Speaking of counting, that's 1,096 days (last year lept), or 5.6 posts per week.

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wheel stopped spinning / contract at 704 Broadway after a million weeks

Jan. 12, 2008

Categorized in: loft neighborhoods / NoHo

Tagged with: birthday, broadway, contract, luxury, nyu, sponsor

It’s been a busy blogging week for me near NYU, with posts this week about Manhattan lofts with birthdays at 710 and 716 Broadway .... There’s more positive news coming from that micro-nabe than birthday candles and price drops, as the toddler on the

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716 Broadway has another birthday loft

Jan. 11, 2008

Categorized in: loft neighborhoods / NoHo

Tagged with: 2d floor, birthday, broadway, nyu, outdoor space, washington square

Short story is that neither the 2d floor Manhattan loft at 716 Broadway nor the 2d floor loft at 710 Broadway has sold, after long marketing, in a market that was notoriously active. Perhaps they are waiting for The Market tide to float them off the rocks

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not many houses open on Sunday

Nov. 24, 2007

Categorized in: open houses

Tagged with: birthday, duane, garden, mercer, watts

on this slow holiday weekend, there are open houses Sunday at Manhattan lofts at 130 Watts Street, 129 Duane Street and 303 Mercer Street

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birthday shopping for 129 Duane for next week’s anniversary

Nov. 23, 2007

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Tribeca

Tagged with: anniversary, birthday, comps, duane, windows

The Manhattan loft Unit 4T at 129 Duane Street is having one of the most unwanted events for a loft listing: a birthday next Tuesday. The loft was new to market on November 27, 2006 at $3.15mm and dropped to $2.795mm in January, $2.695mm in March, $2.495m

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7 Sunday Open Houses from $2.5 to $2.35

Nov. 10, 2007

Categorized in: open houses

Tagged with: birthday, duane, hudson, jay, mercer, seventh, west 19, worth

Open houses at Manhattan lofts for sale at 129 Duane Street, 16 Hudson Street, 252 Seventh Avenue, 13 Jay Street, 251 West 19 Street, 73 Worth Street, 93 Mercer Street

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