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16 Greene Street closes around $1,000/ft, twice

Oct. 31, 2008

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo

Tagged with: canal, classic, closed, greene, longandnarrow, maintenance, renovation, traffic

I noticed yesterday that the Manhattan loft #5N at 16 Greene Street was newly updated in our system as Sold & Closed, but no clearing price was visible yet in city records. But when I checked for #5N I saw that #4S closed there recently, with a deed filed

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16 Greene still crowded but price drops

Mar. 24, 2008

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo

Tagged with: canal, classic, greene, longandnarrow, maintenance, traffic

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?... [Read More]

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new at 16 Greene Street is classic but may be crowded

Jan. 22, 2008

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo

Tagged with: canal, classic, greene, longandnarrow, traffic

Manhattan loft #4S at 16 Greene Street is marketed without an even “approximately” for square feet, but looks to be roughly 17 x 80 feet (an irregular Long-and-Narrow with 2 windows front and 2 back). They are asking $1.55mm and $712/mo with a descrip

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who�s on Watts? contract at 130 Watts

Jul. 12, 2007

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Tribeca

Tagged with: 130 watts, glass brick, holland tunnel, longandnarrow, traffic, watts street

3 months to contract under $1,000/ft in NW Tribeca Unit 6N at 130 Watts Street came to market in April ($1.9mm and $2,145/mo for “2,000 sq ft”) through Mindy Diane Feldman of Halstead... [Read More]

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every which way but sold, as price jumps at 181 Hudson

Jun. 4, 2007

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Tribeca

Tagged with: 181 hudson, holland tunnel, noise, renovation, traffic

back, down and up pricing (huh?) It is a little hard to keep up with what has been going on with #3D at 181 Hudson St, even in our inter-firm data base. It is said to be 2,200 sq ft and I offered... [Read More]

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brand new at 145 Sixth Av in SoHo (traffic is extra)

Jun. 2, 2007

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo

Tagged with: 145 sixth, traffic

#4C at 145 Sixth Avenue is technically in SoHo, though not the charming SoHo, or the shopping SoHo – it is more of the traffic-shooting-up-Sixth-after–(finally)-clearing-Canal part of S... [Read More]

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