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4 years = $15,000 at 477 Broome Street

May. 27, 2009

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo

Tagged with: 2005, 2006, broadway panhandler, broome, columns, elevator, park avenue south, tin ceilings, walkup

The Manhattan loft #33 at 477 Broome Street recently delivered a new data point, with history: April 12, 2005 = $950k April 29, 2009 = $965k This history nearly precisely parallels the 2006-2009 history of a loft profiled a few weeks ago (May 8, at 2

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at 260 Park Avenue South 2006 = 2009

May. 8, 2009

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Flatiron

Tagged with: 2006, amenities, comps, flip, gwathmey siegel, new development, park avenue south

The Manhattan loft #4-I at 260 Park Avenue South sold in March $2,000 lower than these sellers paid in July 2006.

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it can be flipping hard / back story on NY Post Just Sold at 260 Park Avenue South

Mar. 26, 2008

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Flatiron

Tagged with: 2006, flip, new development, ny post, park avenue south

The odyssey of #7B at 260 Park Avenue South is given public notice of a successful conclusion in this weekend's Just Sold section of the NY Post's Real Estate Section. As noted, it took 374 days for this new Manhattan loft to close at $3.45mm off the (mos

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new at 222 Park Avenue South w windows everywhere

Mar. 3, 2008

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Flatiron

Tagged with: comps, light, one bed wonder, park avenue south, renovation, windows

Unit 10E at 222 Park Avenue South came to market this past weekend, a classic Manhattan loft in a long-established coop along a stretch of Park Avenue South that teems with new developments. Presented by Monica Ritterspoon of Corcoran, they are asking $3.

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another slow open house Sunday coming / 4 here, not many elsewhere

Dec. 27, 2007

Categorized in: open houses

Tagged with: broad, park avenue south, starck

Yet another slowest-open-house-Sunday of the year; here are 4 at Manhattan lofts at 260 Park Avenue South and 15 Broad Street

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open house Sunday smorgasbord / the chateaubriand set

Aug. 10, 2007

Categorized in: open houses

Tagged with: broome, chambers, greene, hudson, lafayette, park avenue south, roof, vestry, white box

(remember to check the agent websites Sunday morning to see if open house is still on) 11 Vestry #PH $4.6mm and $2,685/mo (condo) for 3,300 triplexed space w 2 terraces (one 750 sq ft) On the... [Read More]

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