••• “The folks who just bought the ‘1,000 sq ft’ Manhattan loft #7C at 55 Hudson Street for $1.5mm live next door in #7D, which is why I expect the wall between these two lofts to come down soon. That nice round number purchase comes to $1,500/ft (d’oh), which is probably a building record on a dollar per foot basis apart from one giant combo sale in 2007. In other words, add this sale to the extortion side of the neighbor on neighbor action series; in other other news, that was a very expensive wall for the #7D owners to buy, but (as they say) all real estate is unique.” —Manhattan Loft Guy

••• “More bad news from the tenants of 1 West Street: some of the [post-Sandy] rent refund checks sent out by the Moinian Group have bounced.” —Curbed

••• “Italian sailor Giovanni Soldini [departed] North Cove [yesterday] morning to challenge the New York to San Francisco sailing record. After a month of waiting, weather conditions have allowed Giovanni and his crew begin the race in their 70-foot boat Maserati.” —Broadsheet

••• As Manhattan Loft Guy says, the Location Department’s database of apartments available for film shoots is a total time suck.

••• “Business Owners Want to Delay Pier 17 Eviction Due to Sandy.” The eviction is due to happen July 1, and of course summer is high season in the South Street Seaport. —DNAinfo