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big loft, big roof / 43 East 19 Street penthouse closes under $4mm for (maybe) 4,100 sq ft + 2,050 sq ft terrace

Jul. 26, 2009
The Manhattan loft #8 at 43 East 19 Street is a lot of loft: "4,100 gross SF per floor" plus a huge terrace (half the size of a full floor, at "2,050 sq ft"). The listing description emphasizes volume over finishes, while noting "wonderful original detail

The Memo was delayed? / flipper now under year-old price

Jun. 30, 2009
Categorized in: Market Trends
Tagged with: flip, penthouse
I blogged about a Manhattan penthouse loft way back when (when I was posting about current listings) that ended up selling last year pretty close to the ask, which surprised me a bit. (I restored the post after the thing closed and it was no longer an "ac

truer words dept / 211 West Broadway in quick contract, 150 Chambers no slouch

Mar. 6, 2008
Any time I see a listing description that says something like "act now!! won't last!!!" I check the dates to see how apropos that remark is. (Sometimes it is embarrassing for the listing agent, who has not re-read the listing copy in 6 - 12 months.) Check

124 Hudson is new + terraced

Feb. 27, 2008
Tagged with: 911, family, garden, hudson, penthouse, terrace
The Manhattan loft 124 Hudson Street #4A is new to market this week, asking $3.495mm and $2,626/mo (condo; taxes abated?) for "2,473 sq ft" of nearly square space with the master and living room looking over Hudson Street and the 2 other bedrooms (and "1

penthouse at 150 Chambers is new + outdoorsy

Feb. 13, 2008
The Manhattan loft 150 Chambers Street Penthouse W is priced as though Penthouse E at $1.685mm one year ago was the anomalous price, rather than #4E 2.5 years ago at $1.61mm. We’ll see what The Market thinks….

head scratching / penthouse at 6 East 1 St gets new price (as birthday present?)

Dec. 7, 2007
The Manhattan penthouse loft #5A at 6 East 1 Street is asking $6.9mm and $3,119/mo in a newly developed condo (Brick House Lofts), for “3,082 sq ft” of triplexed space with a huge terrace off the “middle” level and a roof terrace on top. I also kn

34 E 30 finally in contract, as in Best & Finally

Nov. 14, 2007
Categorized in: pricing analysis
Tagged with: best final, east 30, penthouse, roof
I hit the Manhattan loft for sale at 34 East 30 Street #PH-9 when it was fresh a month ago in an open house review, then in more extended fashion in a compare-and-contrast review along with a similarly priced (but very different) TriBeCa loft on October 2

6 Sunday Open Houses in the 1.4s if you set your clock right

Nov. 2, 2007
Categorized in: open houses
Sunday open houses at Manhattan lofts at 21 East 22 Street, 1200 Broadway, 114 West 29 Street, 12 East 14 Street, 112 West 18 Street, 324 Pearl Street

new with open house at 114 W 29

Oct. 27, 2007
Manhattan loft at 114 West 29 Street is newly for sale and called a "penthouse".

open house review across 17 Street

Sep. 27, 2007
You can walk from Eighth Avenue past Third Avenue on Sunday and see a wide range of Manhattan lofts (and 'loft-like' properties).

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

Sep. 23, 2007
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]

when does too much = enough? 90 W Bway PH for $11mm

Sep. 13, 2007
not another one! I am not going to make a habit of this, I promise, but another new 8-fiure loft listing caught my eye today. The Penthouse at 90 West Broadway is the top two floors ("7,000 sq ft")... [Read More]

so THATs what an 8-figure loft looks like / 6 lofts = $65mm

Sep. 11, 2007
Categorized in: On The Market
my fantasy life is not that rich I don't usually pay any attention to the market for Manhattan lofts offered above $10 million, but today it caught my eye that five of the six most expensive Manhatt... [Read More]

new + understated at 69 Murray

Aug. 30, 2007
so new no web (yet) The 8th floor at 69 Murray Street is so new as a listing it is not yet on Corcoran's website -- but when it is it should be here. Asking $2.35mm ($2,380/mo maintenance) for "... [Read More]

356 Broadway penthouse in NY Post Just Sold / the back story

Aug. 26, 2007
triplexes are so awkward Yesterday’s NY Post RE section’s Just Sold feature includes 356 Broadway #PH-5C (sold at $2.145mm in “four weeks”), described as follows: Two-b... [Read More]