Since 2018, our team of real estate agents, designers and architects has been streamlining the process of finding and creating meaningful places to live. Our virtually renovated VAID listings inspire buyers and sellers.
Since 2018, our team of real estate agents, designers and architects has been streamlining the process of finding and creating meaningful places to live. Our virtually renovated VAID listings inspire buyers and sellers.
For Dane and Caleb, the decision to join forces was an easy one. The duo recognized their shared tenacity, core values, complementary skill sets, and combined experience of 22 years could serve a broader range of clients better and more effectively. Together Dane and Caleb offer a full-circle understanding of real estate and are devoted to exceeding expectations. By working with The Gray Loftus Team at Compass, every client will receive focused attention, hard work, and dedication to provide real estate results and the highest ethical standards.
Associate Broker Dane Gray has skillfully represented buyers, sellers, tenants and landlords in projects across Manhattan and Brooklyn. He also served as the managing director of a startup property firm where he forged his significant industry knowledge base and his extensive network of contacts in brokerage, construction and media. Dane offers a hands-on, attentive approach to real estate rooted in robust analytics and preparation.
Caleb Loftus believes in leveraging the power of data and technology in real estate. That belief was instrumental in his decision to join tech-focused Compass, and it's been the throughline of his work with buyers, seller, renters and investors. While tech is the future of real estate, Caleb got his start in the business the old-fashioned way — by spending summers working on construction projects in family businesses.
In The Studio
+ AF Architecture & Interiors
AF Architecture & Interiors is a boutique design firm specializing in apartment and home renovations and interior design. We approach each project as an opportunity to explore how design can facilitate meaningful experiences and interactions in the home. Our work for VAID studio has allowed us to virtually explore the intersection of architecture and interior design and to reconsider how we engage with clients. It has been inspiring to work with VAID studio to virtually convey how functional and beautiful a renovated apartment can become.
In 2015 Dane Gray met Aurora Farewell at an open house, for a beautiful pre-war one bedroom with amazing "bones" and potential. Aurora ultimately purchased, completed a gut renovation. and sold with profitable results, with the help of Dane. This listing, attested to the power of thoughtfully conceived renovations and a strong broker and client relationship.
Shortly after, Dane met a seller who had been unsuccessful in his efforts to sell his unrenovated apartment that had been on the market for 2 years, with 3 different brokers. The seller felt that the apartment hadn't be sold due to the buyer's inability to visualize the potential of the residence. Dane enlisted Aurora to provide a custom renovated solution for the apartment, and this solution quickly developed into the concept of VAID, virtual architecture and interior design. Dane listed the property using pictures of the pre renovated apartment alongside Aurora's carefully curated renderings. The sale marked the first success of VAID and led to the founding of VAID studio.
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