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rule breaking over celeb loft for sale at 142 West 26 Street

Oct. 29, 2008
Tagged with: celebrity, curbed, ny mag, west 26
I usually don't identify the current owners of Manhattan lofts for sale, or current residents in a building, out of respect for their privacy. And I usually don't comment on active listings from other firms (some of you may not remember this, end of an er

sun floods, contract follows at 39 Great Jones

Feb. 20, 2008
Categorized in: loft neighborhoods / NoHo
The Penthouse 6 at 39 Great Jones Street came to [the Manhattan loft] market just over 4 weeks ago, asking $2.675mm and $1,600/mo for "2,235 sq ft" of "authentic duplex penthouse" that "sun floods". The Market liked the sun, or the "superb" kitchen, or th

8 Sunday open houses $1.8mm - $2mm

Jan. 11, 2008
Categorized in: open houses
Sunday open houses at Manhattan lofts at 4 Lexington Avenue, 236 and 150 West 26 Street, 9 No. Moore Street, 252 Seventh Avenue, 142 Duane Street, 476 Broadway, 130 Watts Street ranging from $1.8mm to $2mm

irony abounds / NY Times on geography + internet

Dec. 23, 2007
In Manhattan, there used to be sewing machine repair shops clustered around West 26 Street, off Sixth Avenue, and button and ‘notions’ in the high West 30s, west of Eight Avenue, when the Seventh Avenue corridor in the 20s and 30s really did center th

142 W 26 still large, but fewer $$$

Nov. 8, 2007
Tagged with: price drop, west 26
The Manhattan loft for sale at 142 West 26 Street has had a price drop to $3.75mm.

38 W 26 has a new one, stretching

Oct. 29, 2007
Tagged with: clubs, comps, renovation, west 26
Manhattan loft at 38 W 26 Street is newly for sale, with an awkward layout and tough comps.

8 million stories / 236 W 26 for sale again

Oct. 26, 2007
New Manhattan loft for sale at 236 West 26 Street (The Capitol) for the second time this year.

Sunday open house tour from UFT to FIT

Oct. 13, 2007
Categorized in: open houses
open houises for Manhattan lofts for sale at 150 West 26 Street, 49 East 21 Street, 252 Seventh Avenue, 245 Seventh Avenue, 35 West 23 Street

Sunday open houses / a hodge podge edition

Oct. 6, 2007
Categorized in: open houses
a miscellany of Sunday open houses

West 20s open house review

Sep. 28, 2007
Tagged with: west 22, west 23, west 26, west 29
(remember to check the agent websites Sunday morning to see if open house is still on) 249 West 29 Street #4S $1.895mm and $1,907/mo for "2,300 sq ft"; nearly square but... [Read More]

big week for big new lofts / 142 W 26 joins parade

Sep. 12, 2007
another big one The 8th floor at 142 West 26 Street is new to the Manhattan loft market today, but not so new that Halstead's Richard Hamilton doesn't already have a web description... [Read More]

open house nuggets / woke up it was a Chelsea afternoon

Sep. 8, 2007
(remember to check the agent websites Sunday morning to see if open house is still on) #4A at 251 West 19 Street $2.1mm and $1,478/mo (condo) for "1,653 sq ft" of newly reduced loft (Sept 2: pric... [Read More]

Sunday Aug 26 open houses $1mm - $2mm

Aug. 25, 2007
Categorized in: open houses
(remember to check the agent websites Sunday morning to see if open house is still on) This set includes three new listings, having their first weekend open houses, and one back on the market a... [Read More]

new at 150 W 26 / one of the Merc's children

Aug. 21, 2007
I have long felt that the Manhattan loft market around 7th Avenue above 23rd Street took off because the Chelsea Mercantile was such a success and such a break-through. The Merc put this area on the mental map for loft buyers, many of whom came from uptown and would not have gone all the way downtown to SoHo or Tribeca when the Merc was being sold in 2000. Which is along way to introduce Unit 803 at 150 West 26 Street, new to the market this weekend through Halstead’s Jon Phillips and Ginny Gardiner.

new (last) week / my quintessential One Bed Wonder at 22 W 26 St

Mar. 8, 2007
Categorized in: new this week
The loft that I had in mind when I asked what is a 1 bed wonder? had been off the market for four weeks when I posed that question, and used that example. Three days later, it was back (as if by wizardry) at a new price, with a new firm, and a new set of beautiful photos. Unit 2B at 22 West 26 St is about 2,000 sq ft and has been offered through Vals Osborne at Stribling since last week at $1.975mm.
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