Category: Real Estate
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Brooklyn Gets a Ritz, and Manhattan’s Hotel Brands Are Watching From Across the River
The borough’s first branded residences are arriving in a 1909 landmark. The real question is who follows. New York’s hotel-branded condo scene has long had a postcode problem: it lives in Manhattan. On September 15, that changed on paper, with plans for a Ritz-Carlton address on Montague Street. The News, Decoded The Ritz-Carlton, the luxury…
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$24 Million and No HOA: The Beachfront Deal That Says Everything About Ultra-Wealthy Taste
A house just broke its own sales record for the third time. That’s not a fluke — that’s a strategy. Most homes are lucky to set one record. Mont Blanc, a gulf-front estate on Scenic Highway 30A in Seagrove Beach, Florida, has now done it three times since 2020 — and this time, courtesy of…
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The Week in Luxury: Sculpture, Scarcity, and the Slow Reset of an Industry
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in Art, Automotive, Aviation, Beauty, Design, DRIVE, ESCAPE, Fashion, Gourmet, Holiday, LUST, Real Estate, SHELTER, Watches|Jewelry, YachtsAugust is supposed to be luxury’s quiet month — the pause between resort season and the September show circuit. This week said otherwise. Auction houses posted their best first half in years, private jet operators are consolidating and rationing access in the same breath, a hypercar shed a meter of height for the sake of…
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Daniel Libeskind Wants Six Skyscrapers to Feel Like One Sculpture
Decoding Seoul’s newest ultra-luxury redevelopment — and what “a living work of art” actually means when it’s zoned for 1,000 apartments Every architect eventually says their building is “a living work of art.” Usually this means a lobby with a slightly unusual ceiling. Studio Libeskind‘s new project in Seoul’s Gangnam district is testing whether that…
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Meet the New Money: Inside the $26 Trillion Question Nobody Asked You
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in Art, Business, Cigars & Spirits, Design, ESCAPE, Gifts, Gourmet, Hi Tech, Holiday, Pets, Real Estate, SHELTER, Sport & HealthSomewhere between your morning coffee and your inbox, the world quietly minted more ultra-rich people than at almost any point in the last decade. Altrata’s World Ultra Wealth Report 2026 just dropped, and buried under its very serious spreadsheets is a story that reads less like finance and more like a soap opera: self-made fortunes,…
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The New Rules of Wealth: What The 2026 Wealth Report Tells Us About the World’s Money — and Where It’s All Going
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in Art, Automotive, Aviation, Beauty, Business, Cigars & Spirits, Design, DRIVE, ESCAPE, Fashion, Gifts, Gourmet, Hi Tech, Holiday, LUST, Pets, Real Estate, SHELTER, Sport & Health, Watches|Jewelry, YachtsA deep dive into the landmark 20th edition of The Wealth Report, and why its findings matter to anyone who cares about the future of luxury, property, and private capital. Every year, Knight Frank — one of the world’s most respected independent property consultancies — drops its Wealth Report like a stone into still water,…