161 Grand Street (The Solita)
161 Grand Street, New York, NY 10013
BBL 1002347501 · BIN 1003056
- Year built
- 1911
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 18
- Floors
- 12
161 Grand Street (The Solita) sales history: 38 recorded sales
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf (floor-adjusted)
- $1,874
- Listing discount
- 3.9%
- Recorded sales
- 38
- On record
- 2004–2026
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161 Grand Street began life in 1911 as a light-industrial manufacturing loft on the edge of Little Italy, at the point where the neighborhood meets Nolita and the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. Around the turn of the millennium it was reimagined as a boutique condominium — marketed as The Solita, a portmanteau of SoHo and Little Italy — with a small number of large, loft-scaled homes.
The appeal here is floorplate and light. The conversion preserved the building's generous loft geometry: half-floor and full-floor layouts, high ceilings, and the deep, column-spaced volumes that only an early-20th-century industrial structure delivers. Northeast-facing residences look out over the Beaux-Arts former Police Headquarters, a protected low-rise landmark that keeps those exposures open.
Architecture and building operations
The 12-story building is a corner masonry loft with large windows and the robust proportions of its manufacturing origins. The residential conversion created roughly 18 homes ranging from half-floor units near 1,800 square feet to full-floor lofts above 3,600 square feet, many with wood-burning fireplaces, individual HVAC, and ceiling heights around 11 feet. Units along the secondary frontage are entered at 221 Centre Street.
Operations: keyed elevator, video intercom, live-in superintendent, bike room, and a landscaped common roof deck.
Policy framework
- Type: Condominium
- Pets: Permitted
- Pied-à-terre: Permitted
- Subletting: Permitted
- Financing: Standard condominium LTV
- LLC/trust/foreign buyers: All permitted
- Right of first refusal: Procedural only
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $1,227/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $6
- Modeled exposure split equally across 18 units (the city tax-lot count). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2020–25. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Management & transfer contacts
Recent sales
Recent closings at this building, from The Roebling Research Library. Prices are the transfer amounts recorded with the NYC Department of Finance; apartment-level detail is checked against the building’s own file in The Roebling Research Library before publishing.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2026 | 3A | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,800 sf | $3,275,000 | $1,819/sf | +0.0% |
| Nov 21, 2024 | 2B | 2 BR · 1,816 sf | $3,200,000 | $1,762/sf | off-mkt |
| Dec 28, 2021 | 7B | 1,831 sf | $3,200,000 | $1,748/sf | off-mkt |
| Aug 27, 2021 | PHA | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 3,600 sf | $8,500,000 | $2,361/sf | -15.0% |
| Jul 21, 2021 | 4B | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,831 sf | $2,900,000 | $1,584/sf | -9.4% |
| Jul 9, 2021 | 5B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,831 sf | $2,725,000 | $1,488/sf | off-mkt |
| Jul 9, 2021 | 5A | 2 BR · 1,771 sf | $2,725,000 | $1,539/sf | off-mkt |
| Oct 1, 2019 | 3B | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,831 sf | $2,575,000 | $1,406/sf | -5.5% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,874/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 3.9% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Full closing history with price-per-square-foot over time, the complete retrade record, and every line that has traded.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00234-7501). Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified in The Roebling Research Library. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
At the recent median sale of $3.2M (3 sales since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $135,670 to close, or 4.2% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $48,000
- Mortgage recording tax: $46,200
- Title insurance: $14,400
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $27,070
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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Comparable buildings
- 199 Bowery — nearby Nolita/Bowery boutique condominium
- 11 Prince Street — Nolita loft-district condominium peer
- 8 Prince Street — nearby Nolita boutique condominium
- 2 Elizabeth Street — Little Italy/Chinatown-border condominium peer
- 565 Broome — nearby SoHo trophy condominium
Sources: The Roebling Research Library (offering plans, house rules, financial statements, board minutes, internal transaction records); NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers; publicly recorded NYC building data.
How to read the facts on this page. Items attributed to an offering plan describe the building as it was offered at that filing — unit mix, square footage, the amenity program as planned. They are not a statement about how the building operates today. Tax and compliance figures are sourced separately to current City records and carry their own dates. House rules, staffing and fee policy can change by board resolution without any public filing: treat every policy line here as a starting point for diligence and confirm it with the managing agent. Where this page compares one building or neighborhood to another, that is our analysis of the recorded record — it names the measure, the period and the sample it rests on, and it is an observation about medians rather than a prediction about any particular apartment.
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