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loft developer in default at 654 Broadway

September 15th, 2009 12:42 pm
Categorized in: loft neighborhoods / NoHo
Not a pretty story reported in The Real Deal (last Friday, on line) about a Manhattan loft developer default, CIT Group sues for $12M at Noho condo site. I don't have a lot of any experience running numbers on a development project, but this seems like it

master list of Manhattan loft closings since November

August 23rd, 2009 9:27 am
Categorized in: Market Data - reports
It has been quite a while since I posted loft-closings-in-last-30-days, but I have not stopped keeping track of Manhattan residential lofts as they close. While there are many limitations in the data (discussed below), the collection is worthwhile enough

another big developer haircut as 246 West 17 Street closes at 25% discount (again)

August 12th, 2009 4:12 am
Categorized in: Market Trends
The new development at 246 West 17 St poses a bit of a description conundrum for true Manhattan loft snobs, as it is both a conversion of a 3-story loft building into true "lofts" and the addition of 7 floors of ("loft-like") new construction on top of th

they gave the roof away to close the 158 West 23 Street penthouse

August 3rd, 2009 8:56 am
The Manhattan loft conversion at 158 West 23 Street started marketing in mid-2007, offering floor-through lofts of "1,865 sq ft" that were offered as open spaces with full kitchens and (usually) (only) 1.5 baths. I.e., not exactly white boxes, but with sp