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for sale or rent: announcements & updates about my homes for sale or rent. see all current properties in 'browse listings'

February 4, 2012

Tiered terraces in teriffic Chelsea triplex

(Updated with new pictures 2.4.2012)

165 W 18th St NY, NY, 10011,  1-A

for saleMy first new exclusive of 2012 is a truly unique triplex apartment at 'Slate' in Chelsea. It has just come to market. This is a one of a kind home, that features two, massive, tiered terraces totaling 926 sq. ft., plus 1843 sq. ft. of luxury living space in a building that was delivered as brand new in 2006. Entertain al fresco, under the sun and stars. Inside you'll find three floors of luxurious finishes, with kitchen and baths designed by Andres Escobar. The apartment has a very bright northern exposure, with floor to ceiling windows, Brazilian Ipe hardwood flooring, glass & lacquer kitchen cabinets, SubZero & Bosch appliances, and over 9 foot ceilings. This is an uncommonly sexy one bedroom home with plenty of room for guests, a home office, or recreation room with private terrace.

see this listing: Slate, 165 W 18th Street #1A »

165 W 18th #1A Slate Chelsea

July 5, 2011

Comitini sells 177 Franklin Street in Tribeca

177 Franklin Street, Tribeca, New York, NY 10013headroomI'm pleased to announce my sale of this historic mixed-use loft building at 177 Franklin Street, in the heart of Tribeca. Built around 1920, this masonry building has been reinforced with structural steel, new elevator, and all new mechanical systems. The property is slated for redevelopment into a single family townhouse, or may be converted to a mixed-use condominium project. It is an ideal property for an end user that would like to create a home, operate a business, produce rental income, or any combination of the above; all in Manhattan's best neighborhood. I represented the new owners who are thrilled with their buy. It's been re-listed with Corcoran, and is available now for viewing. I'm familiar inside and out with every detail. Nothing would make me happier than to represent you as the next owner of this fine building, which embodies such enormous potential.

This marks another successful building sale for me, and sets the direction of my real estate business moving forward. I'm pulling focus on becoming downtown's preeminent dealer in mixed-use buildings and townhouses. Manhattan properties in particular are seen as desirable investments from countries where their currency is now strong against the dollar. I target a massive audience, from hyper-local to foreign, and bring the largest sales force in NYC to bear. Corcoran sells more townhouses and buildings than any other agency, 24% of them as all cash. My office offers sellers of property the resources of a boutique marketing firm to position their properties for maximum market gain. I create value from exceptional presentation and global market exposure. It's where my past experience as a creative director in print and online, merges with my decade of experience in real estate sales. In short—real estate agency meets advertising agency. Your property will stand out. I'll invoke a potent mix of design, technology, media, PR, deep market knowledge, and old fashioned salesmanship, to close the deal. If you'd like to get an idea of how much your building or townhouse is worth today, and what's different about how it would be brought to market, contact me.

download: The Townhouse Market Report

January 17, 2011

Price improved! Art Deco, pre-war one bedroom

350 East 77th Street, #2-Hfor saleI've just been authorized to drop the price of this one-bedroom co-op, on Manhattan's Upper East Side by almost 10% and now offer it at $435,000! Spectacular value for a spacious, pre-war apartment, on East 77th Street, between First & Second Avenues. This second floor apartment in an Art Deco style building, gets great light from its south exposure facing a courtyard, with views of the street and the tree tops on East 76th St. It has a nice dining area just off the kitchen, and a window in each room. This is one of today's best priced properties in the neighborhood.

see this listing: 350 East 77th Street, apartment 2-H »

June 22, 2009

A classic, pre-war, Sutton home

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435 E 57th Street, #7Dfor sale I've just brought this special one bedroom apartment back on the market, with it's price improved to $625,000— an excellent value for a location and building of this quality. It is very sunny and quiet, in one of noted architect Emery Roth's buildings for Bing & Bing in Sutton. Well proportioned, with a powder room, and white glove, doorman service; this is an understated and elegant, Upper East Side, co-op home.

Alexander and Leo Bing were considered NYC's leading property developers at the turn of the 20th Century. They were brothers who built apartment houses in Manhattan in the twenties and thirties, which have since been converted to cooperative ownership.They often collaborated with Roth, who also designed some of Central Park West's iconic buildings including The Beresford, The Eldorado, and The San Remo. In covering the sale of a portfolio of 29 Bing & Bing properties in the 1980's, the New York Times described them: "The Bing & Bing buildings are regarded as among the city's finest prewar properties. The company, a development and management concern founded in 1906, built hotels and apartments at a time when luxurious in New York was still synonymous with spacious." You can see the listing here and download a fact sheet for more Information. Its being shown by appointment daily.



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February 7, 2009

Update 2: Soho Townhouse duplex apartment now $7950

soho townhouse

for rentPrice improved! This ideally located duplex, in a federal style townhouse has been reduced to rent today at $8,500 $7950. It is located on King Street, at the crossroads of Soho and the West Village. The tree lined block is lovely and away from the tourist din; but accessible to the shops, restaurants and entertainment, which make downtown living great. It's a spacious and private 2200 square feet (aprox.), with three to four bedrooms, a real roof terrace, wood burning fireplaces, and central air. This unit is a modern, sunny apartment, in which everything has just been renovated. It is vacant and available right now.

see more about this listing »

November 3, 2008

New listing in a classic Bing & Bing, pre-war bulding

Alexander and Leo Bing were considered NYC's leading property developers at the turn of the 20th Century. They built apartment houses in Manhattan in the twenties and thirties which have since been converted to cooperative ownership. I'm representing this sunny, quiet one bedroom apartment in one of Roth's buildings for Bing & Bing at 435 East 57th Street in Sutton. Well proportioned rooms, a powder room and white glove doorman service make this a classic city co-op home.

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October 9, 2008

Terrace envy at the Chelsea Stratus

Who wouldn't covet this brand new apartment with outdoor space that's bigger on it's own, than a large one bedroom apartment! This is a one of a kind two bedroom at the new Chelsea Stratus. Its got an absolutely stunning, private, 844 square foot terrace— A brand new 1272 square foot, two bedroom, two bath apartment, with extra tall ceilings, floor to ceiling glass windows— feels like a downtown penthouse loft, but with all the amenities of a white glove concierge building; you'll have access to the resident's health club, and there is private storage included in a deal. You will be the first person to ever live here, at this newly developed (2008), full service building.

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September 26, 2008

New exclusive at the Cielo

I'm pleased to announce this new exclusive at the Cielo, which is an outstanding value in a recently developed (delivered in 2006), full-service, Upper East Side, condo building. This apartment is the best two bedroom layout in the building, with open views to the south and east. Its a amply sized two bedroom apartment, with floor to ceiling glass walls that make it feel even larger. We are having an open house on Sunday from 12:30 until 2:00 PM; 450 East 83rd Street, #17C. Feel free to drop-in and see why this has everything you could ask for in a top of the line apartment at $2,000,000.

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April 29, 2008

Loft building for sale, delivered vacant

This is a beautiful loft building I'm representing that is being delivered completely vacant— ready for its next owner to make it into a grand townhouse, their company’s first headquarters, residential or commercial lofts with income producing retail that’s ideal for a restaurant or boutique. There's over 10,000 square feet of possibilities here.

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April 1, 2008

Aloha! Paradise awaits on the Big Island of Hawaii

It's been a gray and rainy start to the week in New York City, so let's take a moment for a tropical fantasy, and transport ourselves to our sunny little bit of paradise for sale in the Keauhou Bay Resort, on the Kona Coast, of The Big Island of Hawaii.

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March 4, 2008

buy on the dip near Wall Street

We've reduced the price on this great mini-loft at the South Star condominium at 80 John Street in the Financial District. On Wall Street, buying stock on the dip is when you get the most bang for the buck— here's a buying opportunity near Wall Street that solid fundamentals too. Now for $699,000 you'll get a triple mint, mini-loft, with a private roof terrace, high ceilings, appliances by Bosch & Sub-zero, good light; and all in a doorman building. This is a resale so the seller will be paying the transfer taxes too.

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October 22, 2007

Mint mini loft with a terrific terrace

I'm representing one of the first re-sales at the newly converted, full service, South Star condominium, at 80 John Street. It's an open plan loft that has a nice sized roof terrace where the building sets back on the 12th floor. It features high ceilings, and a brand new kitchen with Bosch & Sub Zero appliances. It's positioned centrally for transportation and appreciation, as the financial district transforms into the most exciting new neighborhood in the city.

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July 5, 2007

Making lemonade at 9 West 19th Street

Now available for download is a complete web brochure for this outstanding property. In a related story, this was a classic case of bad timing for my client, as we were preparing to go to market with 9 West 19h Street, the owners of the adjacent property put up a scaffold; unfortunately obscuring part of the facade of our building for sale. It posed new physical challenges as to how best market the property.

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June 6, 2007

Own a piece of NYC history at 9 West 19th Street

I'm representing a little gem of a building in the heart of the 'Ladies Mile Historic Landmark District', at 9 West 19th Street. When I received a call from the owner, I was excited as this is a building which I pass by each day on my way to work. I admired the building's wonderful tera-cotta facade with restored, intricate, wood framed windows, even before being retained as the exclusive marketing agent for it. After my first walk through I was even more excited, as it is in excellent condition, and retains some lovely pre-war details throughout.

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May 25, 2007

Richard Meier On Prospect Park site party

All of downtown Brooklyn has been undergoing a transformation over the past decade, but never has its rise been more conspicuously evident than right now. Richard Meier On Prospect Parkis a new building overlooking the iconic Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza and with views across downtown Brooklyn to the river. This is one of the best park front building sites possible, in all of the five boroughs.

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April 16, 2007

East Village townhouse reduced!

With a one million dollar price reduction this East Village townhouse deserves another look. It is now not only one of most charming you'll find, but also a great value at $3,995,000. It is a large sunny, property with 5200 square feet of building, plus a huge backyard that transports you to another place and time in turn of the century New York City. Get the details and call to arrange a viewing right away.

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March 19, 2007

New Blue for you?

I'm pleased to announce that I'm exclusively representing this brand new one-bedroom condominium for rent. This is at Blue, one of the most talked about new developments in the hipster thick of it, on Manhattan's Lower East Side.

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January 13, 2007

new listings: down-townhouse & up-townhouse

We've got a couple here for both downtowners and uptowners. I'm pleased to highlight two new townhouse listings that represent unique value, in each of their neighborhoods; one in the East Village and the other on the way Upper East Side.

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December 8, 2006

ready for prime time

My new exclusive at 347 East 53rd Street has been freshly painted for it's next owner.

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November 28, 2006

happy (square) feet

I'm happy to announce my first exclusive at 347 East 53rd Street, between Second and First Avenues in the Sutton area. We've priced it to sell fast at only $565,000! It is aproximately 900 square feet, which means a price per square foot of under $630 and that's sure to make you very happy indeed!

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