A global hotelier has scored a Manhattan home near where his company first put down roots.Richard Chiu, founder of the chain Warwick Hotels and Resorts, whose initial acquisition in 1980 was Midtown’s Warwick Hotel, purchased the three-bedroom condo on Columbus Circle for $17.3 million, according to a property record that appeared in the city register Tuesday.The 3,900-square-foot unit in the south spire of the two-towered condo complex long known as the Time Warner Center and now called the Deutsche Bank Center, went into contract May 30 and closed Sept. 5, says its deed, which details that Chiu bought the unit with his wife, Ann Chiu.The arrow-shaped apartment offers a formal dining room, floor-to-ceiling windows and Central Park views, including from the primary suite, whose bath is tucked in the unit’s point.The condo’s seller was a trust linked to Mikhail Kurnev, the managing partner of Forum Absolute Capital Partners, a residential development firm. Kurnev, who built dorms for New York University earlier in his career, paid $9.9 million for the apartment in 2004, records show.He has tried to sell the unit before, according to listings site StreetEasy. In 2012 Kurnev put the property on the market for a hefty $50 million before removing it two years later without any takers. He may have rented out the home in ensuing years; at one point it was listed for $30,000 a month, according to the site. The apartment came back up for sale in January 2024 at $22 million before... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
[ Crains New York | 2024-09-24 17:00:13 UTC ]
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HarperCollins will publish a debut novel, A Woman of War by midwife Mandy Robotham, along with three other titles, following its first open submissions scheme. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate c.e.o. Jamie Byng has bought a memoir of a former publisher in the US whose life descended into "drug-fuelled chaos". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins' Avon imprint has acquired world all languages rights for a debut novel from journalist and author Laura Jane Williams. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Northern California Independent Booksellers Association's Fall Discovery Show triumphantly returned to Oakland for the first time in over a decade—and was greeted by a hotel workers' strike. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Raven Books has bought the first adult novel, billed as "The Crucible" meets “The Craft”, from YA author Julie Mayhew. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Salt will publish an "emotionally-charged" debut of anger, identity and independence by Amanthi Harris. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster UK is to publish actor Christopher Eccleston’s memoir, charting his own acting career plus the impact on him and his family of his late father’s struggle with dementia. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Ventures has partnered with Backyard Cinema to create a cinematic experience of "The Snowman" this Christmas in London. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster UK will publish the debut novel from Fabulous assistant editor Claire Frost, about an Instagram star living a lie. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Publishers has scooped the debut novel by "Jurassic Park" and "Mission: Impossible" screenwriter David Koepp for a reported seven figures. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4th Estate will publish author and journalist Elizabeth Day's first non-fiction book, How to Fail: The Art of Succeeding Better, based on her successful podcast series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jane Corry’s My Husband’s Wife (Penguin) has been optioned as a TV series by the makers of “Baby Driver". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus has signed a book deal with Geraint Thomas, the winner of the 2018 Tour de France. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gallic Books has acquired a "quick, cruel, coming-of-age tale" about an abandoned girl from Miles Franklin-winner Sofie Laguna. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A "captivating coming-of-age" debut from an Australian journalist will be published by Borough Press as part of the HarperCollins Global Publishing Program. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has acquired a "revelatory" book about the science of ageing from a computational biologist. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperVoyager will publish a debut trilogy set in a West Africa-inspired fantasy kingdom, by Rena Barron. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books editor Alice O'Keeffe shares her views on the 2018 Man Booker Prize longlist. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ethnic minority characters should feature in more books and not be defined by their "otherness". Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2018-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Avon Books has signed a two-book deal with debut author and former journalist Lorna Cook, including a novel inspired by a ghost village in Dorset. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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