115 East 9th Street Renovated two-bedroom co-op. $925,000. Amie Fields, Corcoran.    (Photo: From left: Hannah Whitaker/New York Magazine; Courtesy of Corcoran)

Derek Mason and Eric Chen
Radiologist and Software Designer
Sold their own apartments months ago and want a two-bedroom downtown. They seriously considered this place before bidding elsewhere.

What makes you want to take the leap right now?
D.M.: We’ve been looking for some time and didn’t find anything. Most apartments coming on now still have unrealistic prices. But there are a number that came on, say, last summer, and people are really motivated to sell.

Any trepidation?
E.C.: A little. We had bid on another apartment…
D.M.: Around the time we were negotiating, it was decided that St. Vincent’s would be allowed to build a nineteen-story hospital, which will block the view. It was between that and another in the East Village, and the one in the East Village just reduced the price by $100,000. We’re trying for that.