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In The New York Real Estate Market, Trump's Name May Be Losing Its Luster

Trump Place, a condominium building on Manhattan's West Side, heads to court Thursday to ask a judge whether it has the right to change its name.
Workers remove Trump signage from Trump Place on Riverside Boulevard. on Manhattan's West Side on Nov. 16, 2016. A separate building nearby has asked for permission to remove Trump's name.

James Tufenkian loves everything about the 72-story glass tower where he lives on Manhattan's East Side, near the United Nations. It has great views, a helpful and accommodating staff and is very well managed.

The only thing he doesn't like is the name: Trump World Tower.

"I have to explain to everybody who comes to visit me that I'm sorry about the name on the building, that I live

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