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55 White Street #4C closed, finally, around $1,000/ft

Nov. 9, 2008

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Tribeca

Tagged with: castiron, closed, development, gray, history, landmark, ny times, price drop, white

The Manhattan loft at 55 White Street #4C just closed for $2.045mm .... The recent listing history is fairly quick for this market (on market July 20, contract September 15), but the extended history shows this took a bit longer (originally offered March

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quick contract at 211 E 2 / move me to Missouri

Nov. 15, 2007

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods/ East Village

Tagged with: avenue b, avenue c, development, east 2 east village

Manhattan loft for sale at 211 East 2 Street in the Far East Village has found a contract quickly.

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losing whose sky in the new west / development over the Lincoln Tunnel a threat to Glass Farmhouse?

Jul. 3, 2007

Categorized in: loft neighborhoods / West 30s

Tagged with: cb 4, dermot, development, garment district, glass farmhouse, hudson mews, light, lincoln tunnel

maybe not so bad for of the Glass Farmers? When I posted about the new listing at The Glass Farmhouse, 438 W 37 St, #6F yesterday I was focused on that listing being new. I dropped an aside about... [Read More]

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The other side of the illegal loft story / conflicts with industrial policy

Aug. 1, 2006

Categorized in: change is a constant

Tagged with: 44 laight street, development, fashion district, industrial policy, meatpacking district

As a follow-up to my July 19 blog about the potential benefits from living illegally in non-residential space (such as living rent-free), there was a terrific item last week on Brownstoner.com abou... [Read More]

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