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PEOPLE IN REAL ESTATE either really love or really hate Mitchell S. Steir. That's fine with himbecause his fans include some of the city's biggest office tenants.
Their repeat business has made him the top producer at brokerage Julien J. Studley Inc. for most of his 15-year tenure. He negotiates relentlessly for these clients, to the annoyance of landlords and their agents.
"Some may find me a little exhausting," says Mr. Steir, an outspoken Red Sox fan in the Yankees' hometown, and a man who prefers the ocean to a pool because he likes to swim against the current.
Relentless effort won him his new job as chairman and chief executive of the tenant rep firm. He led a buyout of firm founder Julien Studley and several other longtime shareholders. The...