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nice price at 40 West 24 Street? (consider the renovation)

Sep. 14, 2009

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Chelsea

Tagged with: architect, renovation, west 24

When I saw that the "2,000 sq ft" Manhattan loft #9E at 40 West 20 Street closed on September 2 for $1.64mm and that the "2,000 sq ft" #8N closed for $1.7mm on January 30, 2008 I was intrigued. That #8N closing was pretty close to the calendar peak for al

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is Chelsea Mercantile off 25% since 2007?

May. 5, 2009

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Chelsea

Tagged with: 2007, chelsea mercantile, onyx, royale, seventh, stratus, west 23, west 24, west 28

I have long believed that the Chelsea Mercantile conversion of the old Veteran's Administration building into residential lofts on Seventh Avenue at 24th and 25th Streets 'created' a new market for (lower) 'north Chelsea'. (From back in the day, when I ta

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new Manhattan loft listings, closed sales + inventory in last 7 days

Apr. 20, 2008

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: closed, loft 25, m127, madison, mercer, new listings, sales, seventh, west 24, west 25

There were 34 Manhattan lofts reported as new to the market in the last 7 days and only 14 as sold; 19 of the 34 new ones are offered under $3mm, while 7 of the 14 closed sales were between $1mm and $2mm; only 6 of the 34 new loft listings are in new de

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New Listings + Sales of Manhattan lofts in last 7 days

Dec. 16, 2007

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: bond, bowery, closed sales, east 26, jade, new developments, new listings, perry, west, west 24

there were 22 Manhattan lofts reported as new to the market in the last 7 days, and 19 reported as sold; 10 of the 22 new ones are between $1mm and $2mm, while 5 are from $5.75mm to $6.65mm; 9 of 19 closed sales were between $500k and $2mm; and 12 of the

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New Listings + Sales of Manhattan lofts in last 7 days

Dec. 2, 2007

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: ann, baxter, bond, east 26, east 32, east 49, mercer, murray, west 24

This is my seventh report on the number, price distribution and neighborhood distribution for Manhattan lofts reported as new to the market or as closed sales in the last 7 days. Can’t say there was a lot of pent-up activity from the short holiday week,

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5 Sunday Open Houses at $1.995mm

Nov. 16, 2007

Categorized in: open houses

Tagged with: chelsea mercantile, east 10, east 29, renovation, roof, seventh avenue, west 19, west 24

Sunday open houses at 5 Manhattan lofts offered for $1.995mm at 200 West 24 Street, 252 Seventh Avenue, 444 West 19 Street, 430 East 10 Street and 120 East 29 Street.

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7 Sunday Open Houses around $1.74mm

Nov. 8, 2007

Categorized in: open houses

Tagged with: east 3, grand, lexington, north moore, not loft, west 24, west 37

Manhattan loft open houses on Sunday at 44 West 37 Street, 179 Grand Street, 303 Greenwich Street, 5 East 3 Street, 40 W 24 Street, 64 North Moore Street, 4 Lexington Avenue

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