Last week, Steven Gaines, best-selling author of “The Sky’s the Limit:
Passion and Property in Manhattan,” answered readers’ questions about
covering high-end real estate in Manhattan, the Hamptons and South
Beach, on Twitter. Gaines has interviewed some of the most high-profile brokers selling
real estate in New York City, the Hamptons and South Beach. He is also
author of New York Times bestseller “Philistines at the Hedgerow:
Passion and Property in the Hamptons,” and “Fool’s Paradise: Players,
Poseurs, and the Culture of Excess in South Beach.” He lives in Long
Island. Today, The Real Deal is sharing some of Gaines’ best responses. TRD [more]

Miami gallery meets Manhattan: The
owners of Fifi projects, a photography and video gallery in Miami, are
opening a gallery by the same name in Manhattan. Coldwell Banker
Commercial’s James Famularo and Lauren Schlesinger negotiated the
five-year lease for the 350-square-foot space at 29 Essex Street on
Monday. The Lower East Side gallery, which will be modeled after the
space in Miami, will open after about two weeks of renovations,
Famularo, a senior executive managing director, said. The owners asked
that their rent not be disclosed, Famularo said, noting that
neighborhood rents range from $65 to $75 per square foot. TRD
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