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another big drop that worked / 69 Wooster Street closes under $1,000/ft after $850k drop

Jul. 18, 2009

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo

Tagged with: 1000ft, 5000 sq ft, discount, large, price drop, soho, thin market, uber, wooster

A Manhattan loft on the 5th floor at 69 Wooster Street closed in April under $1,000/ft, despite the fact that it was "newly renovated in a classic but modern style" and a ridiculously low maintenance ($0.42/ft). These sellers also bit a pretty big bullet

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new Manhattan loft listings + closed sales in last 7 days

May. 4, 2008

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: closed, duane, franklin, greenwich, jackson, new listings, sales, warren, west 72, wooster

There were 32 Manhattan lofts reported as new to the market in the last 7 days and only 21 as sold; 27 of the 32 new ones are offered between $1mm and $4mm, while 10 of the 21 closed sales were from $2mm to $3mm; 7 of the 32 new loft listings are in new d

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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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who laughs at 108 Wooster deal?

Jan. 31, 2008

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo

Tagged with: floor plan, price per foot, wooster

I picked on the Manhattan loft #5E at 108 Wooster Street when it was new to market (October 16: all feet at 108 Wooster are square but not equal), describing it as “'1,140 sq ft' of the least efficient small space I can recall. Simply staggering in its

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a few more on the last slowest open house Sunday of 2007

Dec. 28, 2007

Categorized in: open houses

Tagged with: empire state building, foreclosure, west 19, west 21, wooster

Sunday open houses at Manhattan lofts at 121 West 19 Street, 251 West 19 Street, 31 West 21 Street, 22 Wooster Street

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New Listings + Sales of Manhattan lofts in last 7 days

Dec. 9, 2007

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: new listings, pine, sales, warren, west 17, west 25, west 60, wooster

In the last 7 days there were 30 Manhattan lofts reported as new to the market in the last 7 days, and 15 reported as sold; 18 of the 30 new ones are under $2mm; 11 of 15 closed sales were between $1mm and $3mm; only 5 of the 30 new loft listings are in n

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7 Sunday Open Houses at $2.9x

Nov. 9, 2007

Categorized in: open houses

Tagged with: architect, east 20, holland tunnel, hudson, lafayette, mercer, park, west 15, wooster

Manhattan lofts for sale with open houses at 225 Lafayette Street, 115 Mercer Street, 60 West 15 Street, 181 Hudson Street, 152 Wooster Street, 260 Park Avenue South and 24 East 20 Street

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