…“We’re building the equivalent of bank safe deposit boxes in the sky that buyers can put all their valuables in and rarely visit,” said Jonathan J. Miller of the real estate appraisal firm Miller Samuel….
…As in other major metropolitan cities, New York’s luxury market — defined as the top 10 percent of sales — peaked in early 2009 at an average price of $2,612 a square foot, according to data from Miller Samuel….