An update on the Matera buildings

With the sale of 1 and 5 Lispenard, the home of Nancy Whiskey, and office evictions in several buildings in the neighborhood, I thought I better check quick on the properties owned by Peter Matera, who died last September.

Matera, whose family acquired close to a dozen buildings in the neighborhood in the 1970s through the ’90s, was 61 when he died; he lived at the time in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey. His parents, John and Margaret, built their portfolio here over decades while living at 5 Lispenard; some of the deeds go back far enough to name the families who owned the land before the streets were cut — like the estate of Anthony Lispenard.

From what I’ve been told, one buyer bought most of the Matera buildings — thought it’s hard to see that in the city records. And the plan is to flip them one by one. Here’s the list — comment if I am missing something:

321-325 Church at Lispenard
Saluggi’s, Westside Coffeeshop, barber shop
The LLC that purchased the property in June is calling it 33 Lispenard.
Sold for $6.5 million
The plan in 2019 was to build a seven-story building on the site.

96-100 Franklin Street | now 100 Franklin
Sold in 2014

325 Greenwich Street at Duane | Cafe Clementine building
Sold in 2019

249-253 West Broadway | 17-23 Avenue of the Americas | 1-5 Walker
Tribeca Pharmacy, Tribeca Park Deli, Another Room & offices
No action yet in city records

1 and 5 Lispenard at Sixth Avenue 
Nancy Whiskey Pub, which has been on the corner with West Broadway since 1967; plus the printer a couple doors down
The two buildings were sold in June for $7.9 million
Number 3 sits between the two and seems to have no immediate action — Tataki Japanese is on the ground floor. It is owned by Leonard Hecht, who acquired it in the 1990s along with 237 West Broadway, aka 2 White — the sweet landmark on the corner that is now Todd Snyder at the Liquor Store.

4-6 White Street | 239 West Broadway
The L-shaped building that wraps around the historic 2 White and includes Eulalie on West Broadway
Purchased in 1979 by John Matera; no action yet in city records

 

53-61 Sixth Avenue | One York
One York was built in 2008.

 
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3 Comments

  1. RIP Nancy Whiskey

    You will be missed!

  2. Link to city records referenced?

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