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The Visionaire 70 Little West Street Green Condos Battery Park city

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The Visionaire 70 Little West Street Green Condos Battery Park city

One of the most preeminent “Green” new construction condominium buildings in all of Manhattan, The Visionaire at 70 Little West Street located in Battery Park City Manhattan New York. Condos for sale at the Visionaire are located in a building that was given the first LEED “Platinum” certification, an extremely prestigious achievement. Located at 70 Little West Street in Battery Park City, The Visionaire condos for sale is geographically positioned with open southern and western views.

The Visionaire is 33 stories tall, has approximately 250 condos in the building and has a very distinctive curved facade.

The Visionaire condos for sale was awarded the LEED Platinum certification because the all encompassing green features including: An air filtration system that filters and circulates the air throughout the building and each apartment, a water filtration system that filters city water before entering each condominium apartment at the Visionaire, the usage of Eco friendly construction materials, just to name the few. The list of green features is exhaustive and every detail was thought of from top to bottom.

The amenities at the Visionaire condos for sale includes first a full time doorman and concierge. A fitness package including a sky lit swimming pool, steam rooms, a fitness center with accompanying rooms for yoga and group fitness. Resident amenities include a resident lounge with an outdoor terrace and catering kitchen. The roof deck on the 12th floor includes barbecues, roof top gardens and lawn area. A very popular amenity is the children’s playroom. A laundry facility is located within the building that complements the washer/dryer’s found in each apartment. Finally, valet parking services are available as is an electric charging station for those with an electric vehicle.

As you can see anybody looking for a condo for sale at the Visionaire is going to be well taken care of when they buy in the building.

There are a wide variety of sizes and prices for Condos for Sale at the Visionaire at 70 Little West Street NYC.

Studio’s range in size from approximately 600-750 sq ft and are priced in the range of $640,000-$750,000
One Bedroom’s range in size from 800-1000+ sq ft and are priced in the range of $850,000-$1,100,000
Two Bedroom’s range in size from 1200-1400+ sq ft and are priced in the range of $1,350,000-$2,400,000
Three Bedroom’s range in size from 1700-2000+ sq ft and are priced in the range of $2,000,000-$3,000,000

As you can see there is something for everybody who is looking to buy a condo for sale at the Visionaire at 70 Little West Street.

If you are interested at knowing what is currently for sale in the Visionaire Condos at 70 Little West Street, we can provide you with all information.

The Visionaire Condos for sale has sold extremely well as the preeminent Green Condo building in all of Manhattan.

Contact us today at (917) 837-8869 or email us at the form below.

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One Jackson Square at 122 Greenwich Avenue in West Village NY

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One Jackson Square located at 122 Greenwich Avenue in West Village NY

One Jackson Square located at 122 Greenwich Avenue in New York City is a new construction condominium in the West Village.  Located at what would be described as the crossroads of West 13th Street, Eighth Avenue and Greenwich Avenue. One Jackson Square, received its name from the park it directly faces.  Jackson Square Park is one of the oldest and historic parks in New York City, with a history spanning the early 1800s. This beautiful triangular shaped park has a three tiered cast iron fountain as its centerpiece and is enclosed with stately wrought iron fencing.

One Jackson Square is one of just a few new construction condominiums in the West Village and Greenwich Village neighborhoods. Construction started in 2007 on this boutique 11 story tall, 35 unit west village condos for sale building.  Designed by William Pedersen of Kohn Pedersen Fox, and developed by RFR Holding, LLC and Hines Interests.  One Jackson Square condos for sale is a LEED certified building with  “green” features such as improved indoor air quality, an energy efficient design and a partial green roof.  Thoughtfully designed and executed well, One Jackson Square apartments for sale has become one of the most desired buildings for anybody looking to purchase condos for sale sale in the West Village, Greenwich Village or Meat Packing Districts.

When first looking at One Jackson Square, you can’t help but notice the undulating glass facade characterized by the glass panels and numerous setbacks at this Green condo building in the West Village. The curved facade has created a building where apartments are uniquely shaped and design elements have been creatively thought out.

Amenities at One Jackson Square Condominium include a full time doorman and concierge. A fitness room with accompanying spa treatment rooms, entertaining lounge for residents, storage, and roof deck.

Pricing for Condos for Sale at One Jackson Square for this West Village Green Condos for Sale Building:

One Bedrooms for Sale at One Jackson Square typically start in the $2,250,000+
Two Bedrooms for Sale at One Jackson Square typically start in the $3,350,000+
Three bedrooms for sale at One Jackson Square typically start in the $4,500,000+

Keep in mind that pricing varies for each type of apartment because there is a wide range of size difference between each category.  Pricing will vary, so if you are interested in knowing what Condos are for sale at One Jackson Square or want to know about other new condos for sale in the West Village we recommend to CONTACT US and call (917) 837-8869 or email us: https://manhattannycondosforsale.com/contact/

Condos for Sale at One Jackson Square at 122 Greenwich Avenue is a unique opportunity. A Green New Construction Condo building in this area is extremely unique.  New Construction condos for sale in this neighborhood are rare.  The West Village neighborhood is typically characterized by pre-war building architecture and very few condominium buildings.  So having a condominium building that is also a Green New Construction condo building for sale in the West Village area makes One Jackson Square an opportunity.

The West Village neighborhood speaks for itself.  Being so close to the Meat Packing District, Greenwich Village and all of the neighborhood restaurants, shopping and amenities make One Jackson Square an ideal building to purchase in.  If you are looking for Condos for Sale in the West Village we encourage you to see what is available at One Jackson Square and contact us today, at (917) 837-8869.

If you are looking for West Village Condos for sale call us at (917) 837 8869 for all current availability.


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What NYC neighborhoods are good to invest?

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What NYC neighborhoods are good to invest?

New York city (NYC) has many vibrant neighborhoods that cater different lifestyle and people. Many buyers call us and like to own a piece of Manhattan New York, they either have been here before or have a family member currently live here and would like to diversify their investment portfolio and include a NYC condo in it.

We often get the question What NYC neighborhoods are good to invest, there is no one answer for everyone.

Before we can answer this question or for the buyer to determine, they have to consider several points as outline below:

Price Range (investment dollar amount) : What is the price amount that you are thinking of invest? We work with buyers that have invested $850,000 USD price range on a one bedroom condo and that can rent anywhere from $3,500-$4,000 USD per month unfurnished depending location and season. We also have work with buyers that invested $3,500,000,000 USD sales price and rented the three bedroom condo for $17,000 USD per month. Depending on your projected price range then we can narrow down the neighborhood.

Culture and Lifestyle: Do you intend on staying at this condo at all when you visit New York city? Perhaps you planning to live there one day in the near future? Or this is for sole investment purpose? If you plan on living in the condo, then it is best to look at the area and neighborhoods that you like and socialize when you are in New York.

Amenities: Do you prefer a condo with a pool? How about fitness center and spa?
Buildings with lots of amenities sometimes are newer buildings, these buildings are usually built after 1980s or some older building have added the amenities to suit residents interest.

There are other factors to determine which neighborhood is best suited for each person’s preference. We specialize in working with buyers looking for condo investment in New York city, we are seasoned Real Estate agents that can help you in finding the right investment.

Contact us today at (917)837-8869 to discuss directly on how we can work together.

Does the furniture come with NYC condos?

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Does the furniture come with NYC condos?

Many of the website photos of the condos will have furnitures and fully furnished units. However, the furniture DOES NOT convey in a Manhattan condominium purchase unless it is specifically mentioned in the property description or discussed prior to the negotiation. If there is  an option to purchase the furniture there will often be two prices, one with the furniture and one without.  The spread between the two prices, may or may not reflect the actual replacement costs of the furniture and will include a convenience premium of being able to move right into the apartment without spending the time to furnish it yourself.

At rare occasion, our buyers may want to purchase the owner’s furniture, there is often a disconnect between what the buyer is willing to pay and the emotional attachment the owner may have for the piece.

Many savvy sellers in Manhattan New York will hire staging services to custom design and place the furniture pieces to ensure property maximize its value. This is with help of a team of interior designers and architects, when every square inch of the apartment has been well thought out, what it does is to show you as the buyer the potential for the space.

A part of owning an apartment is making your own personal design decisions, putting your own personal touches on how you would like to live in the apartment, but it’s helpful to see the size and scope of how certain combinations of furniture can work in certain rooms and areas.

If you prefer to purchase seller’s furniture together with the apartment, we can discuss it in detail to best protect your interest. We also team up with very experienced Real Estate attorney that can put the specifics in the contract so all parties are in agreement.

We are very experienced and knowledgeable Real Estate agents in Manhattan NY condominium market, team up with us today so you can be well advised on your Real Estate purchase and avoid any unneccessary stress or cost.

Call us (917)837-8869 or email us here: https://manhattannycondosforsale.com/contact/

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Greenwich Village Condo Sale Report Spring 2012

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What’s the Greenwich Village apartments for sale market like right now?
Being in the middle of the spring selling season, we are seeing peak levels of volume activity.  Well priced apartments when they come on the market are selling extremely quickly.  Greenwich Village apartments for sale are some of the most desired types of apartments in all of Manhattan.

A few factors influencing the Greenwich Village New York Real Estate market specifically the condominium market:

1. Tight Control of Supply- Very few new condominium projects are built in the neighborhood and those that do are typically not high rise buildings.  The last project at 130 west 12th Street sold out very quickly, a very successful project.  Mainly re-sale condominiums are what comes available and those when priced well are selling at a fast pace.

2. Near Multiple Universities-Within the Greenwich Village area there are multiple universities including the ever present NYU and Stern Business School, Parsons and the near by Cooper Union and School of Visual Arts or SVA.  The close proximity to multiple universities brings with it a demand for housing.  We work with many parents who decide to purchase apartments while their children go to school and start working while in New York City.  Purchasing condominiums in the area as an investment unit is highly sought after because the built in demand and high rental prices are very advantageous for landlords.

Pricing in the Spring of 2012 for a Greenwich Village Apartments for sale in New York City:

Studio’s-Range from $550,000-$800,000
One Bedroom’s-Range from $850,000-$1,500,000
Two Bedroom’s- Range from $1,350,000 – $3,000,000
Three Bedroom-$2,500,000 and up
Penthouse Condominiums for sale in Greenwich Village – call us at (917) 837 8869

If you are interested to know about specific price ranges for a certain type of Greenwich Village condo for sale, call us today at (917) 837-8869 or email at
us here: https://manhattannycondosforsale.com/contact/

What is a NYC Condo Leasing Application?

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What is a NYC Condo Leasing Application?
As Manhattan NY condo specialists, we sold many NYC condos to investors that would like to rent out their condo unit as soon as the property closed. As part of our full service, we always help them rent out the condo unit to most qualified tenants.

It is extremely important to rent out to financially qualified tenants, when there is interest, we pre-screen each single perspective tenants and the process is much more than just a credit check to ensure the tenant is financially qualified.

After our initial pre-qualifying, Each NYC condo building have their own leasing application and required documents, the perspective tenants have to complete it throughly in order to rent an apartment in NYC.

From this example, you can see there are a lot of information required by the condo management and condo board.

Each building have a slight different requirement, this is an example of what most of the required items will be.

We as Manhattan condo specialists, we are experienced in qualifying tenants and work together with the perspective tenant to put the rental package together so it is complete it correctly.
As a condo owner, you should work with agents who are competent and able to find you the best tenants possible.
If you are a condo owner and would like to rent out your condo unit, contact us today (917)837-8869 so we can help you secure a qualified tenant. We as Manhattan condo specialists, we are experienced in qualifying tenants and work together with the perspective tenant to put the rental package together so it is complete it correctly.

As a condo owner, you should work with agents who are competent and able to find you the best tenants possible.If you are a condo owner and would like to rent out your condo unit, contact us today (917)837-8869 so we can help you secure a qualified tenant.

Dorchester Towers NYC- Rental Market Report Spring 2012

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155 West 68th Street-Dorchester Towers Condo Rental Market Report Spring 2012

Manhattan New York Rental market is very seasonal, Spring Summer is one of the most optimal time for both condo owners and renters to be out and start looking for their next rental apartment.

In our past experiences in renting out many units for our investor owner or out of town owners, In the middle of winter or very cold weather season, we usually do not see many renters out looking or willing to move.

We helped many Dorchester condo owners selling and renting their units for many years now,  we can say that Spring rental market is traditionally the strongest time based on our past experiences.

155 West 68th Street is a building that almost half of the building is owned and rented out by the original building developer (sponsor) and the other units are owned by private condo owners. An potential tenants can either rent from the sponsor’s management company or an individual owner depending on availability.

At 155 west 68th Street, Management units are usually very updated and brand new renovation. On the other hand, condo owners will have very different or varying degree of renovation.  The original 1960s condition apartments will be the most challenging to rent in our experience.

Dorchester Towers Condo is a pet friendly building, at the same time, the condo owner can decide whether they want to allow pet in their rental unit or not. We would say 25% of potential renter will have a pet, if you, the condo owner is open to pets, that will broaden your range of potential renters.

Pricing for a Dorchester Tower’s Rental units as of 4/2012:

  • Studios- $2500-$2900
  • One Bedrooms-$3000-$3500
  • Junior 4(Convertible Two)- $3800-$4700
  • Two Bedroom/Two Bathroom-$5200+

If you are a Dorchester Owner and is interested in renting your Dorchester Towers apartment, call us today at (917) 837-8869, we will discuss how to maxmize your rental price in todays market and secure a highly qualified tenant for you. You can also email us at EHSU@elliman.com

Dorchester One Bedroom For Rent

One World Trade Center Freedom Tower-New York City’s tallest building

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Today April 30, 2012, One World Trade Center, also know as Freedom Tower has technically became New York City’s tallest building. Today, the workers erected steel columns on the 100th floor, 1,271 feet above the street, to make it stand 21 feet higher than the Empire State Building’s observation deck.

Lower Manhattan especially in Financial District has becoming a very popular and residential neighborhood in the recent years. We have sold many units to savvy international investors knowing that this is the neighborhood to watch and to invest now. The completion of the World Trade Center will bring in much more retail space, large transit hub, and many more international residents into the neighborhood and area. We believe this is a great neighborhood to invest and keep an eye on for so many reasons.

If you or someone would like to invest in Manhattan New York today and want to work with market experts to advise you which neighborhood has the highest appreciation potential to invest, we encourage to give us a call today at (917) 837-8869 or email us. https://manhattannycondosforsale.com/contact/

How much down payment does Foreign Buyer need to buy One Bedroom condo in Manhattan New York

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How much down payment does Foreign Buyer need to buy One Bedroom condo?

There is no clear cut answer to how much down payment a foreign buyer will need.

Through our many successful experiences helping foreign buyers, we can provide you some ideas as to what to expect if youare thinking about financing or obtaining mortgage in the United States.

If you are a foreigner national thinking of buying in Manhattan and want to obtain financing by US bank, you will need to prepare many documents and substantial amount of down payment in order to satisfy bank’s requirement and qualification.
On various property websites, perhaps you see Manhattan condominium buildings only require a 10%

down payment. Keep in mind that 10% is what each condo requires, but each bank will require much down payment more depending on each of your situation. Here are some different factor that will determine how much down payment is required:

  • How much is the loan amount (the money you want to borrow from the bank)
  • Different Type of Loan
  • Your financial profile ( you may have to provide your home country bank information so the US bank can verify your assets or possibly ask you to open up a US bank account)
  • The building you are interested in (US bank will evaluate each condo building and decide if the bank would want to lend in that building.)

It is in our experience that unless you have started the loan application, the bank will not be able to provide you their approximate estimation for the down payment, but usually the down payment is minimum 30% of the purchase price of the condo.

Many of our foreign international buyers put down payment 30% to start, sometimes up to 50%, it will really depend on the factors we mentioned above.

If you are thinking of buying a $1,000,000 condo in Manhattan New York, your down payment is going have to be at least $300,000. (this does not include your other closing cost of a condo)

Many foreign international buyers are not familiar buying in Manhattan New York, we helped them through the buying process and everything they need to know about the market and how Manhattan New York works here. If you are thinking of buying Manhattan condo, call us today (917)837-8869, or email us so we can talk about what you need to prepare before your trip to NYC.

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New York Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan (SPRING)

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Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan New York

Rockefeller Center is one of the most iconic landmark in Midtown Manhattan New York. This is also where the famous Christmas Tree is during the holiday season. This is also the home of television station NBC is located, TV programs such as The Today show, 30 Rock, SNL Saturday Night Live, Jimmy Fallon, and few other great shows are filmed or originated at this location.

The television station NBC also have NBC Studio Tours that you can purchase tickets to tour around the building and in different studios, control room, and other behind the stage cool spots.  Another fun tour to do is TOP OF THE ROCK Observation deck, it is 70 stories high and there are spectacular Central Park and Manhattan skyline view once you arrived at the observation deck.

Be sure to visit New York Rockefeller Center next time you are in New York city. If you would like to find a home here in Manhattan New York or near Rockefeller Center, work with us the market and neighborhood experts. Call us today at (917)837-8869 so we can guide you through the process.

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Manhattan New York Street Fair on Spring or Summer weekends

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We love Manhattan New York, it is a great city to be at!

One of the cool reason to love New York is its fun Street Fair when the weather gets warm in the Spring/Summer time on the weekends. Either on a Saturday or Sunday, the city of Manhattan shut down a part of the Avenue and city blocks for few hours to host street fairs. The street fair is packed with vendors with exciting ethnic or traditional eats (sandwiches, corn on the cob, barbecue or popcorn) or small stands that sells everything from iPhone cases, Music CD/DVDs, dresses, rugs to small handmade jewelry…array of little things.

Today we were running some errands and happened to walk into a street fair, weather was perfect for it. This particular street fair is the Sixth Avenue Chelsea Festival (Sixth Avenue between 23rd Street to 32nd Street).

(when we looked up, we can see the iconic Empire State Building.)

We live and work in Manhattan New York, we have true passion for this vibrant city. We know Manhattan New York neighborhoods and all the great things to do in the city. If you are thinking to relocate to Manhattan New York, contact us today at (917)837-8869.

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Beautiful Easter Sunday in Central Park

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Beautiful Easter Sunday in Central Park
We love New York, and we especially love Central Park, the city oasis. We are full time Real Estate agents live only few city blocks away from this gorgeous park in the center of island of Manhattan.

Easter Sunday was a beautiful day, temperature was in the 60s, Manhattannites took the time to soak in the sun and relax on the green lawn whereever possible. We also took a stroll in the Park to catch some sun rays ourselves.

If you would like to find a home near Central Park and would like to work with neighborhood experts, we can help.

We are full time Real Estate agents live near Central Park in the Upper West Side neighborhood of Manhattan New York we invite you to give us a call today at (917)837-8869.

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Manhattan New York Street Fair

Spring Flowers display at Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan