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The Real Estate originally reported on Wednesday about the Donald's premature sales moves regarding his planned condo-hotel in Soho. Seems Trump posted a questionnaire on the condo-hotel's Web site asking potential buyers if they would use the project as a "primary residence," "secondary residence," or "investment property."

According to an email sent on Wednesday night to The Real Estate by Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's office, it was the Beep who called Trump out on the questionnaire. (If Trump is, indeed, building a condo-hotel, he can't sell the units as primary residences, and probably shouldn't be touting them as secondary or as investment residences.)

Trump's people took the questionnaire down on Wednesday afternoon.

After the jump, Stringer's stern Wednesday letter to the city Department of Buildings, which has yet to grant Trump a permit for the condo-hotel (but probably will soon). It's signed by other notables, including U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, whose name on the letter is misspelled.  read more »

UPDATE: Stringer's office tells The Real Estate on Thursday morning that it caught the Nadler misspelling before the final letter went to the Buildings Department. The one after the jump is an earlier, uncorrected version. Whew! UPDATE 2: Stringer's office also tells The Real Estate that City Council Speaker Christine Quinn "wrote her own strong letter" to the department regarding Trump's questionnaire. - Tom Acitelli