{"product_id":"9780593240083","title":"Billionaires' Row","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Katherine Clarke","offers":[{"title":"Crown |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-06-11","offer_id":45178117849343,"sku":"9780593240083","price":27.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_9d85cf50-ab87-4b4e-9eb4-d279fde58e8b.jpg?v=1712945960","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780593240083","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}