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"loft porn", indeed (weekend diversion)

Aug. 8, 2009
Categorized in: loft style
Tagged with: kitchen, loft life, magazine
I can't remember how I got there, but clicking through one interesting link after another this morning led me to this review of The Mini Loft Bible at the LoftLife Magazine site. A magazine for "Loft Life"? Who knew??

flipping over a kitchen?

Apr. 23, 2009
Categorized in: Market Trends
Tagged with: comps, flip, kitchen, renovation
Can we agree that the peak of The Market was 1Q08? (Maybe not for very single property, I know, but let's speak generally about that.) Then how to explain this Manhattan loft, newly back to market? It sold in that peak quarter around $1mm and is now back

130 West 17 Street #9S went for it + got it

Jul. 15, 2008
A top-floor Manhattan loft at 130 West 17 Street was the subject of one of my occasional Going For It! posts way back on September 23, 2007 (when I was still commenting on other firm's active listings), 130 W 17 9S is new + really going for it. As in simi

don't sneeze at 130 West 17 Street contract

Mar. 6, 2008
I hit on (picked on?) # 9S at 130 West 17 Street when it was new to market in September (130 W 17 9S is new + really going for it), asking $3.2mm (since dropped to $2.995mm) for "2,000 sq ft" and the "possibility" of buying roof rights. I wondered then --

shaving some dollars off a whole lot of wonderful space at 152 Franklin Street

Mar. 5, 2008
This is one Manhattan loft listing about which there is no suspicion about the finishes that are described but not depicted. No thought that maybe the Japanese glass and terrazzo floors in the sleek baths might not be so hot ... no doubt at all. This has

long time comin’ / contract at 714 Broadway

Feb. 12, 2008
Categorized in: loft neighborhoods / NoHo
Tagged with: broadway, comps, contract, kitchen, views
I have removed the content of this blog post, as it comments about the current listing of another agent. For information about why, check out end of an era for Manhattan Loft Guy / a new day dawns? fr... [Read More]

133 Mercer Street is new / giant windows don’t show Chrysler or Woolworth

Jan. 23, 2008
Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo
Manhattan loft 133 Mercer Street 3rd floor is new this week, asking $1.925mm and $1,750/mo for “1,700 sq ft” with “giant” windows but only 1 bath. The location is prime SoHo, just below Prince Street; the footprint presents some issues.

462 Greenwich new, nice

Jan. 14, 2008
Tagged with: 2006, greenwich, kitchen
This small Manhattan loft condo at 462 Greenwich Street (4 units) was converted only in 2006, with the closings in June and July. This same agent (Patty LaRocco at PruDE) handled the original sales, and now this resale. This unit sold originally on June 2

161 W 15 drops down to add up to contract

Dec. 26, 2007
Manhattan loft #2H at 161 West 15 Street is in contract, after 12 weeks and 2 price drops.

up + up for 13th floor at 395 Broadway, with quick contract

Nov. 21, 2007
The Manhattan loft Unit 13E at 395 Broadway did not last very long, with a contract already signed after being new to market on November 9. Touted as a “[s]pectacular high floor mint loft w/ sunny open views from three exposures”, The Market evidently

will the new one at 161 W 15 St add up?

Oct. 3, 2007
Trying to figure out the new listing #2H at 161 West 15 Street (in the Jensen-Lewis building, for you shoppers). Asking $1.949mm and $1,233/mo for "1,850 sq ft" that is very enthusiastically presented ("stunning", "one of a kind", "meticulously renovated" in an "imposing, fantastically convenient building"). Cook's kitchen with the proper proper nouns. Central air. 14 foot vaulted ceilings.

American Thread new to market / why so soon?

Aug. 27, 2007
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]