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did 525 Broome Street get value for the 2008 renovation?

Aug. 25, 2009

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo

Tagged with: broome, canvass, columns, contract, fireplace, flip, potential, price drop, renovation, resale

Of course The Market does not care what a seller has to pay, or has paid; The Market only cares about what the seller and buyer can agree upon. In this case, the July 31, 2009 buyer of a renovated loft and the June 19, 2008 buyer of a blank canvas agreed

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price drop trumps patience at 525 Broome, 9 months to contract

Mar. 24, 2008

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo

Tagged with: broome, columns, contract, fireplace, gallery, potential, price drop

I hit 525 Broome Street #3 in a Manhattan loft open house review November 16 (5 Sunday Open Houses around $2.5mm ), noting that the "patient seller" had not changed the price since July.

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new loft at 101 Wooster Street is an implied project

Mar. 17, 2008

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo

Tagged with: lot line, potential, renovation, spring, sun, wooster

There's a lot of good stuff about #6R at 101 Wooster Street, new to the Manhattan loft market today. If you are a Soho fan, being on Wooster at Spring should be appealing ("quiet cobblestone street ... surrounded by luxury boutiques amidst authentic loft

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New School tower on Fifth Avenue at 13th Street + 74 Fifth Avenue views

Mar. 7, 2008

Categorized in: lofts in 'other' neighborhoods

Tagged with: fifth, new school, potential, tower, views

A January post about Manhattan loft #8A at 74 Fifth Avenue triggered a discussion (with links) to the proposed tower the New School (New School University?) wants to build on the east side of Fifth Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets. Curbed had a post y

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