{"product_id":"billionaires-row-tycoons-high-rollers-and-the-epic-race-to-build-the-worlds-most-exclusive-skyscrapers-9780593240083","title":"Billionaires' Row: Tycoons, High Rollers, and the Epic Race to Build the World's Most Exclusive Skyscrapers","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"thrilling\" (\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e) fly-on-the-wall account of the ferocious ambition, greed, and one-upmanship behind the most expensive real estate in the world: the new Manhattan megatowers known as Billionaires' Row--from a staff reporter at \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Deeply informative, delightfully entertaining, and addictively readable.\"--Diana B. Henriques, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wizard of Lies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eCEO Magazine \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year - Longlisted for the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo look south and skyward from Central Park these days is to gaze upon a physical manifestation of tens of billions of dollars in global wealth: a series of soaring spires stretching from Park Avenue to Broadway. Known as Billionaires' Row, this set of slender high-rise residences has transformed the skyline of New York City, thanks to developer-friendly policies and a seemingly endless gush of cash from tech, finance, and foreign oligarchs. And chances are most of us will never be invited to step inside. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBillionaires' Row, \u003c\/i\u003e Katherine Clarke reveals the captivating story of how, in just a few years, the ruthless real-estate impresarios behind these \"supertalls\" lining 57th Street turned what was once a run-down strip of Midtown into the most exclusive street on Earth, as legendary Trump-era veterans went toe-to-toe with hungry upstart developers in an ego-fueled \"race to the sky.\" Based on far-reaching access to real estate's power players, Clarke's account brings readers inside one of the world's most cutthroat industries, showing how a combination of ferocious ambition and relentless salesmanship has created a new market of $100 million apartments for the world's one-percenters--units to live in or, sometimes, just places to stash their cash. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled with eye-popping stories that bring the new era of extreme wealth inequality into vivid relief, \u003ci\u003eBillionaires' Row\u003c\/i\u003e is a juicy, gimlet-eyed account of the genius, greed, and financial one-upmanship behind the most expensive real estate in the world--a stranger-than-fiction saga of broken partnerships, broken marriages, lawsuits, and, for a few, fleeting triumph.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatherine Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e is a reporter at \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e where she covers the high-end real estate market across the United States. Previously, she wrote for the New York\u003ci\u003e Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Real Deal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Crown Currency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50717594485010,"sku":"9780593240083","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_496d09e1-cdea-47e9-a77f-6541a28ca50a.jpg?v=1744219509","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/billionaires-row-tycoons-high-rollers-and-the-epic-race-to-build-the-worlds-most-exclusive-skyscrapers-9780593240083","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}