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you price it high, you pay the price / 105 East 29 St #11 closes, finally

Jan. 3, 2009

Categorized in: lofts in 'other' neighborhoods

Tagged with: closed, comps, east 29, exposures, neighbors, offers, renovation

Manifestly, the sellers of the beautiful 11th floor loft at 105 East 29 Street (with "3,000 sq ft" that have room for 2 fireplaces, 4 exposures and 19 windows) mis-perceived the Manhattan loft market when they came to market in September 2005 for $3.5mm,

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105 East 29 Street drops price

Jan. 17, 2008

Categorized in: lofts in 'other' neighborhoods

Tagged with: chrysler, east 29, empire state, gansevoort, liechtenstein, light, madison, price drop

I beat up on the Manhattan loft on the 9th floor at 105 East 29 Street a bit when it came to market ... in what I see (in retrospect) is a new-to-market-and-’going-for-it’ series. ... In that post I discussed a recent sale in the building near this pr

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quick contract at 120 East 29 Street

Nov. 24, 2007

Categorized in: lofts in 'other' neighborhoods

Tagged with: contract, duane, east 29

After beating on #4T at 129 Duane Street yesterday for having a birthday coming up next week, there’s an interesting contrast in marketing presented by the Manhattan loft at 120 East 29 St #4A, which is shown as In Contract yesterday after coming to mar

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5 Sunday Open Houses at $1.995mm

Nov. 16, 2007

Categorized in: open houses

Tagged with: chelsea mercantile, east 10, east 29, renovation, roof, seventh avenue, west 19, west 24

Sunday open houses at 5 Manhattan lofts offered for $1.995mm at 200 West 24 Street, 252 Seventh Avenue, 444 West 19 Street, 430 East 10 Street and 120 East 29 Street.

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130 W 17 9S is new + really going for it

Sep. 23, 2007

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Chelsea

Tagged with: condop, east 29, penthouse, west 17

$1,600/ft coop loft, but why? Unit 9S at 130 West 17 Street is a top floor "2,000 sq ft" loft with a skylight and the possibility of purchasing roof rights, asking a new-construction-like Manhattan... [Read More]

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105 E 29 9th fl is new this weekend + going for it

Sep. 23, 2007

Categorized in: lofts in 'other' neighborhoods

Tagged with: chrysler, east 29, empire state, gansevoort, liechtenstein, madison

$1,200/ft coop loft, but why? The 9th floor at 105 East 29 Street just came to the market, asking $3.75mm and $2,500/mo for "3,000 sq ft", which is a pretty nice premium for a coop at 29... [Read More]

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Sunday Open Houses over $2.5mm / more surf, more turf

Aug. 17, 2007

Categorized in: open houses

Tagged with: broome, crosby, duane, east 17, east 20, east 29, great jones, west 58

(remember to check the agent websites Sunday morning to see if open house is still on) Four out of five Manhattan lofts from last week’s surf-and-turf selection (open house Sunday smorgas... [Read More]

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